Francis J. H. Jenkinson
John Singer Sargent -- American painter  
1915
Cambridge University, Library, Cambridge, England
Oil on canvas
90.2 x 69.9 cm (35 1/2 x 27 1/2 in.)
Inscribed: (Upper left:) John S. Sargent (Upper right:) 1915
 
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Waist-length portrait of Francis J. H. (John Henry) Jenkinson ( 1853-Cambridge, Eng., 1923).  Commissioned by subscribers to the University of Cambridge in recognition of Jenkinson's twenty-five years of service as librarian.
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Note: 

Bibliography:    
Ormond, Richard and Elaine Kilmurray, "John Singer Sargent: complete paintings; volume 3, The later portraits," New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2003, no. 573.
McKibbin, David, "Sargent's Boston," Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, 1956.

Illustration:    
Ormond, Richard and Elaine Kilmurray, "John Singer Sargent: complete paintings; volume 3, The later portraits," New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2003, pg. 235.
    
SIRIS IAP 81690249
 
 

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