Henry James
1913 National Portrait Gallery
About this artwork
This portrait depicts the acclaimed American-British novelist Henry James, painted by the renowned portraitist John Singer Sargent. It was commissioned to mark the subject's 70th birthday.
Did you know?
This portrait was commissioned by a group of James's friends to celebrate his 70th birthday, a gesture that moved the writer deeply. Tragically, only a year later, the painting was slashed by a suffragette in the National Portrait Gallery as a protest against the government's treatment of the suffragette movement, though it was later masterfully restored.
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Henry James
John Singer Sargent, 1913
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