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Artist/Maker (1856 - 1925)
Related person (American, 1852 – 1917)

Study for "The Luxembourg Gardens at Twilight"; verso: studies for "Rehearsal of the Pasdeloup Orchestra at the Cirque d'Hiver"

ca. 1876-1878
Graphite on ivory paper, formerly mounted on a page of James Carroll Beckwith Album 3
Sheet: 7 13/16 x 12 3/16 in. (19.8 x 31 cm)
Gift of the National Academy of Design
1935.85.3.153
DescriptionSketch from a bound album with 155 tipped in sketches by Beckwith. Inscribed at lower left in graphite: Sketch by J. S. Sargent of picture of the Luxembourg Gardens; verso inscribed at lower left: "Sketches by John Sargent -" Formerly mounted in album of sketches by Beckwith.
InscribedInscribed by Beckwith at lower left in graphite: "Sketch by J. S. Sargent of picture of the Luxembourg Gardens"; verso inscribed by Beckwith at lower left in graphite: "Sketches by John Sargent -- "
ClassificationsDRAWINGS