Portrait of Sir Ronald Storrs

Item

Creator

John Singer Sargent (1856-1925)

Title

Portrait of Sir Ronald Storrs

Date

1920

Description

Charcoal on paper
24 ½ x 18 ½ in. (c. 62.2 x 47 cm.)
Signed: ‘John S Sargent’ (lower left)
Dated: ‘1920’ (lower right)

Provenance

Sir Ronald Henry Amherst Storrs (1881-1955), London, possibly by 1920, and consigned c. 1939, and remained on consignment when inherited by his widow Lady Louisa Lucy Littleton Storrs (1876-1970), London, to; [Duveen Brothers, New York, sold December 1962 to]; Arthur William Sidney Herrington (1891-1970) and Nell C. Herrington (1891-1966), Indianapolis, Indiana, by inheritance to their son; Arthur Clarke Herrington (1931-2018), Maryland, bequest 2018 to; Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland.[1]
[1] Refer to the curatorial/object file.

Exhibitions

1964 – Champaign, IL, Krannert Art Museum, College of Fine and Applied Arts, University of Illinois, The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. A.W.S. Herrington of Indianapolis, Indiana, European and American Paintings and Graphic Art; European, American, and Oriental Decorative Arts, 27 September – 25 October 1964, no. 62, illus.

1968 – Indianapolis, IN, Art Association of Indianapolis, Herron Museum of Art, The Nell Clarke Herrington Memorial Exhibition, 7-28 April 1968, Bulletin/Catalogue, Spring 1968, p. 73, illus.

References

“Storrs of Jerusalem.” New York Times (31 July 1921): 37, illus.

Downes, William Howe. John S. Sargent: His Life and Work. London: Thornton Butterworth Limited, 1926, Eng. Ed., p. 306.

Lawrence, T.E. Seven Pillars of Wisdom. New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1935, illus. opp. p. 57, illus.

Frick Photo Archive, The Frick Art Reference Library, New York.
Sargent, Reproduction from The New York Times Book Review Section, 1921 July 31.

Status

Under Research