Lady Agnew

Lady Agnew of Lochnaw by John Singer Sargent -- American painter - 1892-93 now in National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh - Oil on canvas

Concidered by some one of the greatest portraits ever done. In late 1892 John began work on the portrait of Lady Agnew, commissioned by Andrew Noel Agnew, a barrister who had inherited the baronetcy and estates of Lochnaw in Galloway. The sitter was to be of his young wife, Gertrude Vernon (1865-1932). The painting was done in a "high key" and carefully finished. "It is a careful portrait, free of any fine frenzy, sedately handled, and rather lacking in the force and fire of his daring technique". Many other critics gave it much higher praise.

Frame matting and portrait done with ONLY ONE PRIM.