John Singer Sargent spent a number of winters in England, sharing the Cotswold studio of his friend Edwin Austin Abbey. This portrait of Abbey’s mother-in-law, Mary Mead, possesses special qualities that seem absent from Sargent’s more well-known, glamorous portraits of society figures. Sketched during his leisure time between projects, Sargent’s portraits of family and close friends, such as that of Mead, express intimacy, simplicity, and warmth.
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