Portrait of Eleanor (Nellie) Sears (Mrs. Richard D. Sears)

John Singer Sargent (American, 1856–1925)

1916

Medium/TechniqueCharcoal on paper

DimensionsSheet: 62.2 x 47 cm (24 1/2 x 18 1/2 in.)

Credit LineBequest of Richard D. Sears III, a grandson of Eleanor C. Sears

Accession number2013.792

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Not on view

ClassificationsDrawings

Collections

InscriptionsIn charcoal, l.l.: John S. Sargent; l.r.: 1916

ProvenanceBy descent from the sitter, Eleanor C. (Mrs. Richard D.) Sears to her grandson, Richard D. Sears, III, Aiken, SC; 2013, bequest of Richard D. Sears, III to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 26, 2013)

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