Lot Essay
Mrs Francis Hamilton Mellor, ne Mabel Knowles, was the mother of Viscountess Simonds (see previous lot).
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Portrait of Mrs Francis Hamilton Mellor
Details
John Singer Sargent, R.A. (1856-1925)
Portrait of Mrs Francis Hamilton Mellor
signed and dated 'John S. Sargent 1912' (lower right)
charcoal
24 x 19 in. (61 x 48.2 cm.)
Portrait of Mrs Francis Hamilton Mellor
signed and dated 'John S. Sargent 1912' (lower right)
charcoal
24 x 19 in. (61 x 48.2 cm.)
Provenance
The sitter, thence by descent.
Literature
D. McKibbon, Sargent's Boston, with a complete check list of Sargent's portraits, Boston, 1956, p.109.