The Acheson Sisters
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| Artist | John Singer Sargent |
| Year | 1902 |
| Type | Oil on canvas, portrait |
| Dimensions | 169.2 cm × 198.1 cm (66.6 in × 78.0 in) |
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The Acheson Sisters is a 1902 portrait painting by the Anglo-American artist John Singer Sargent.[1] It depicts the three Acheson sisters, granddaughters of Louisa Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire from her first marriage. The composition draws partly on the 1773 painting Three Ladies Adorning a Term of Hymen by Joshua Reynolds.[2]
It was one of eight paintings he displayed at the Royal Academy Exhibition of 1902 at Burlington House in London, to widespread critical praise.[3] Today the painting is in the collection of Chatsworth House in Derbyshire.
See also
References
- ↑ Lomax p.65
- ↑ Cohen p.35
- ↑ "1902 Royalty for a New Century". chronicle250.com. Retrieved 2026-04-28.
Bibliography
- Cohen, Michael. Sisters: Relation and Rescue in Nineteenth-century British Novels and Paintings. Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1995.
- Fairbrother, Trevor J. John Singer Sargent: The Sensualist. Seattle Art Museum, 2000.
- Lomax, James & Ormond, Richard. John Singer Sargent and the Edwardian Age. Leeds Art Galleries, 1979.