John Singer Sargent | Mrs. William Crowninshield Endicott

Portrait (study) of
Mrs. William Crowninshield Endicott
29" X 20"
Pencil on paper
1903

This drawing by Sargent is in the collection of the Peabody Museum in Salem, Mass., United States of America. Go here to visit their web site.

Mrs. Wm Crowninshield Endicott was the widow of the former Secretary of War in Grover Cleveland's administration between 1885 and 1889. Mr. Endicott is responsible for having introduced an exam system to control the promotion of officers in the military.

A Wikipedia article on William Endicott here.

[Below] 1886 Photograph of William Crowninshield Endicottt

William Endicott

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[Below: Sargent's 1901 oil portrait of Mrs. Endicott]

1901 Portrait of
Mrs. William Crowninshield Endicott
163.2 cm x 114.3 cm
oil on canvas

This painting is in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery in Washington D.C.,
District of Columbia, The United States. They have a page about this painting here.