Lady Agnew of Lochnaw
1892 · Oil on canvas · Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh
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About this work
- Artist
- John Singer Sargent (1856–1925)
- Year
- 1892
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Original size
- 127 × 101 cm
- Collection
- Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh
- Movement
- Realism
Gertrude Vernon, recently married to the Scottish baronet Sir Andrew Agnew, leans back in a French armchair in a white dress with a lilac sash, a pale Chinese silk hanging behind her, and looks straight out of the picture. Sargent painted her in London in 1892, when she was twenty-seven, and the portrait's success at the Royal Academy the following year brought him a stream of British sitters. Its loose, quick handling of satin and chiffon against the steady modelling of her face is Sargent at his most fluent. The painting has been in the Scottish National Gallery in Edinburgh since 1925.
This print reproduces the whole work, uncropped, from a high-resolution scan of the original. The original is in the public domain.
Where it works
A cool lilac-and-white portrait with a direct gaze, for a bedroom, dressing room or sitting room in a dark wood or thin black frame. It holds a soft grey, sage or blush wall and pairs with Sargent's Madame X for a portrait wall.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Realism painting
- Era
- 19th century (1892)
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Mood
- intimate
- Rooms
- bedroom, living room, dining room
- Good gift for
- housewarming, art lovers
Size. Prints at 12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in — 12×18 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 16×24 above a desk, console or in a hallway; 24×36 as the statement piece above a sofa or bed.
Framing. The gallery ground is part of the print, so frame it without a mat — black suits the deep tones of this period; dark wood warms it.
Pairing. Pairs as a set of three with other famous painting prints (10% off three or more).
Details & materials
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About this design
The Madten promise
An exhibition poster
The same artwork as a gallery exhibition poster — title, artist & date typeset beneath the image on a soft ground.
