Keywords: Edinburgh NGS Singer Sargent Lady Agnew.JPG Artwork Creator John Singer Sargent LangSwitch Lady Agnew's direct gaze and informal pose emphasised by the flowing fabric and lilac sash of her dress ensure the portrait's striking impact 1892 Oil on canvas cm 127 101 Institution National Gallery of Scotland object history Andrew Noel Agnew a barrister who had inherited the baronetcy and estates of Lochnaw in Galloway commissioned this painting of his young wife Gertrude Vernon 1865-1932 in 1892 In his possession until 1925 Bought by National Gallery of Scotland 1925 with funds from the Cowan Smith Bequest exhibition history Exhibited at the Royal Academy summer exhibition 1893 30 Lady Agnew Royal Academy London The One Hundred and Twenty-fifth Exhibition 1 May-7 August 1893 no 30 Grafton Gallery London Fair Women October-December 1894 no 132 Copley Hall Boston Paintings and Sketches by John S Sargent 20 February-30 March 1899 no 1 National Portrait Society London 1911 no 51 Carnegie Institute Pittsburgh Twenty-third Annual International Exhibition of Paintings 24 April-15 June 1924 no 73 Royal Academy London Exhibition of Works by the late John S Sargent R A Winter Exhibition 14 January-13 March 1926 no 25 credit line Purchased with the aid of the Cowan Smith Bequest Fund 1925 Photographed on 2013 08 17 accession number NG 1656 Own by Ad Meskens photographical reproduction in the public domain 55 57 3 N 3 11 44 33 W region GB PD-old-auto 1925 PD-US Lady Agnew of Lochnaw Singer Sargent Uploaded with UploadWizard |