Three-quarter-length portrait of Mrs. Alice Mason (1838-1913) wearing a black dress with white cuffs and collar and a pearl necklace. She holds a feather fan in her
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Note: 

Provenance:    
Formerly in the collection of Balfour of Balbirnie, Edward,
Exhibitions:    
World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893, no. 877.

References:    
Ormond, Richard and Elaine Kilmurray, "John Singer Sargent: complete paintings; volume 1, The early portraits," New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1998, no. 140.
McKibbin, David, "Sargent's Boston," Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, 1956.
Sweet, Frederick A., "Sargent, Whistler, and Mary Cassatt,"Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1954.

Illustration:    
Ormond, Richard and Elaine Kilmurray, "John Singer Sargent: complete paintings; volume 1, The early portraits," New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1998, pg. 142.
Sweet, Frederick A., "Sargent, Whistler, and Mary Cassatt,"Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1954, p. 54.
    
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