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Mrs. Hugh Hammersley  1892

by John Singer Sargent

Mrs. Hammersley (née Mary Frances Grant, ca. 1863–ca. 1902), wife of a banker and a fashionable London hostess, is lightly poised on an elegant French sofa. Her willowy form and candid expression suggest Sargent's ability to characterize and flatter simultaneously. Her gold-trimmed silk-velvet dress and the sumptuous setting announce his mastery of varied textures and patt...
Size: 
81 x 45 1/2in. (205.7 x 115.6cm)
Medium: 
Oil on canvas
Credit: 
Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art