The Wyndham Sisters: Lady Elcho, Mrs. Adeane, and Mrs. Tennant

The Wyndham Sisters: Lady Elcho, Mrs. Adeane, and Mrs. Tennant
Year 1899 (1899)
Location Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, New York, United States

The Wyndham Sisters: Lady Elcho, Mrs. Adeane, and Mrs. Tennant is an 1899 painting by John Singer Sargent. It is part of the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.[1] The Wyndham Sisters was hailed by the critics and dubbed “The Three Graces” by the Prince of Wales.[2]

Painting

The three daughters of the Honorable Percy Wyndham, a wealthy Londoner, appear in this monumental canvas. From the left, they are Madeline Adeane (1869–1941), Pamela Tennant (1871–1928), and Mary Constance, Lady Elcho (1862–1937).[2]

Sargent painted them in the drawing room of their family’s residence on Belgrave Square. Seen on the wall above them is George Frederic Watts’s portrait of their mother, establishing their genealogy and reminding viewers of Sargent’s ties to older artists.[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "The Wyndham Sisters: Lady Elcho, Mrs. Adeane, and Mrs. Tennant - John Singer Sargent - 27.67 - Work of Art - Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History - The Metropolitan Museum of Art".
  2. 1 2 3 "John Singer Sargent | The Wyndham Sisters: Lady Elcho, Mrs. Adeane, and Mrs. Tennant | The Met". metmuseum.org. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 11 February 2017.
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