Lot Essay
RELATED LITERATURE
C. Ratcliff, John Singer Sargent, New York, 1982, p. 138, fig. 201.
Major George Conrad Roller (1856-1941) was an established artist and illustrator in the 1870s. In addition, he served as Sargent's framer and restorer. In one instance, he restored Sargent's portrait of Henry James when it was slashed by an angry suffragette while it was on exhibit at the Royal Academy in 1914. The present portrait relates to the Prophet Hosea, the last figure in Frieze of Prophets located on the northwest wall of the Boston Public Library completed in 1916.
This painting will be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonna© being compiled by Richard L. Ormond and Elaine Kilmurray.
C. Ratcliff, John Singer Sargent, New York, 1982, p. 138, fig. 201.
Major George Conrad Roller (1856-1941) was an established artist and illustrator in the 1870s. In addition, he served as Sargent's framer and restorer. In one instance, he restored Sargent's portrait of Henry James when it was slashed by an angry suffragette while it was on exhibit at the Royal Academy in 1914. The present portrait relates to the Prophet Hosea, the last figure in Frieze of Prophets located on the northwest wall of the Boston Public Library completed in 1916.
This painting will be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonna© being compiled by Richard L. Ormond and Elaine Kilmurray.
