Description 1924. Charcoal and pencil. Mr. William Augustus Read & Mrs. Edith "Fabyan" Read. Both signed 'John S Sargent' (bottom middle) and dated 1924' (bottom right). F. W. Payne & Son, Copley Gallery, Boston gallery label (on reverse). Cataloge Note: Sargent is known to have done portrait drawings of Mrs. Theodore Frothingham, Jr. (born Eleanor Fabyan) sister of Edith (Mrs. William Read), and brother-in-law William Read. Sold: Bonhams, May 2014, lot 25.
Dimensions 24 x 18 Framed 25 1/2 x 19 1/2 in.
Provenance Mr. & Mrs. William Augustus Read, Purchase, New York. Mrs. Jean "Read" Knox, Buffalo, New York. (daughter of above).