John Singer Sargent
Mrs. Charles Deering
From $100
This portrait is soft whites, mauve silk and a blue wall, and a flat copy turns them grey. Our Sargent Lady Agnew of Lochnaw print was graded against a full-resolution photograph of the original, so the gown stays luminous and the silk keeps its blue.
Canvas, framed or paper
Stretched canvas. Printed on cotton canvas and stretched taut over a frame. The edges are mirror-wrapped, so the picture continues around the sides and none of it is lost to the fold.
Framed canvas. The same canvas, set in a black, white, natural wood or dark wood frame 0.83 in deep. The frame gives the work a finished edge and a little more presence on the wall.
Framed print. Printed on fine art matte paper and framed in solid pine, behind shatterproof plexiglass, in black, white, natural wood or dark wood. It arrives ready to hang. Framed sizes are measured on the outside of the frame.
Fine art print. Printed on 310gsm fine art matte paper, for framing your own way. It travels rolled and protected. From 18x24 inch.
Sizes
16x20 inch, 24x30 inch, 32x40 inch. Framed sizes are measured on the outside of the frame, so the visible painting is a little smaller.
On your wall
Its upright shape suits a bedroom, a living room or a dressing room. The whites, mauves and blues look lovely with lavender, grey and cream, and a gold-toned or white frame suits it.
About the painting
Lady Agnew of Lochnaw by John Singer Sargent
London, 1892
In 1892 Sir Andrew Agnew, a Scottish baronet, asked John Singer Sargent to paint his wife Gertrude. Sargent was London’s most sought-after portrait painter, charging about five hundred pounds for a picture like this.
The half-smile
She sits back in an eighteenth-century French armchair, in a white gown with a mauve sash, against blue Chinese silk. She was getting over influenza, which may explain how she leans. She looks straight at you, with what one Sargent scholar called a quizzical half-smile. He painted her in just six sittings.
A masterpiece
At the Royal Academy in 1893 The Times called it a masterpiece. In 1925 Lady Agnew sold her portrait to the Scottish National Gallery in Edinburgh, where it still hangs in its antique French frame.
Read the story
She was getting over the flu. And she outshone the Royal Academy.
In 1892, John Singer Sargent is London's most sought-after portrait painter. A picture like this costs about five hundred pounds.
Sir Andrew Agnew, a Scottish baronet, asks him to paint his wife, Gertrude.
She sits back in an eighteenth-century French armchair, its curved back holding her. A white gown, a mauve silk sash, and behind her, a wall of blue Chinese silk.
She has been ill with influenza, which may be why she leans the way she does.
But look at her eyes. She looks straight at you, as if you were in the middle of a private conversation. Two Sargent scholars call it a quizzical half-smile.
He paints her in just six sittings. Sometimes, he said, his best results came from only a few.
In 1893 it's shown at the Royal Academy, and The Times calls it a masterpiece.
More than thirty years later, in 1925, Lady Agnew sells her own portrait. She turns down a buyer in New York, and offers it to the Scottish National Gallery instead.
It still hangs there, in Edinburgh, in its antique French frame.
Look at that half-smile, and decide what she's thinking.
Lady Agnew of Lochnaw. John Singer Sargent, 1892.
How each piece is brought to life
Faithful to the original, and made to be felt on your wall.
Graded against the original
We compare every work with the original as we grade it, keeping the artist’s colours true while bringing back their depth and glow. Every mark stays the artist’s own.
Printed for you
Printed to order on cotton canvas or fine art paper, then framed if you chose a frame, in 1 to 3 business days.
On your wall
It arrives 5 to 12 business days later, tracked and free anywhere in the US. Framed pieces come ready to hang.
Questions
Is this the original painting?
No. The original hangs in a museum. What you receive is a fine art reproduction, remastered from the original and printed for you, with every mark where the artist left it.
Will the colour look flat?
This is where most reproductions disappoint, and it is where we spend the most time. Each work is graded side by side with the original: faithful to the artist’s colours, with the depth and warmth brought back, so it moves you on the wall the way it was meant to. Canvas reads a touch softer than a backlit screen, and every screen shows colour a little differently.
Will the edges be cropped?
Each size is a standard frame size, so we fit the painting by trimming a little from its edges. We never stretch or squash it, and we check every size by eye so no face, figure or signature is cut. On canvas the edges are mirror-wrapped, which keeps the whole picture on the front.
Which size is right for my wall?
Aim for about two-thirds the width of the furniture beneath it. Over a sofa or a sideboard, one of the two largest sizes will hold the wall. The size guide lists every size in inches and centimetres, with the kind of wall each one suits.
How long does it take?
Your piece is printed in 1–3 business days, then spends 5–12 business days in transit, tracked all the way. Delivery is free anywhere in the US. We are unable to deliver to PO boxes.
What if it arrives damaged?
Send us a photograph and we will remake it and send it again. There is nothing to return.
Can I return it?
Yes, within 30 days of delivery. Our returns policy has the details.
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Printed to order
Graded against the original, then printed for you on cotton canvas or fine art paper in 1–3 business days.
The whole painting
Every mark is the artist’s own, and canvas edges are mirror-wrapped so the whole picture stays on the front.
Free US shipping
On every order, tracked, 5–12 business days in transit.
30-day returns
Returns and exchanges within 30 days of delivery.
