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oid0014: Parish, Mary Sargent (1829-1912); marble bust — Parish, Mary Sargent (1829-1912)
Grandniece: Daughter of George Washington Sargent, son of Gov. Winthrop Sargent
marble
by Powers, Hiram (1805-1873) (attributed to) in unknown year

Subject
was the daughter of George Washington Sargent. Her first marriage was to Henry Postlethwaite Duncan, son of Stephen Duncan, a Mississippi planter and Catherine Bingaman (Julia Maria Sargent married into this family) of Natchez. Hence she was known as Mary Sargent Duncan at one time. Her second husband was George Parish, a Hamburg merchant, who carried on his business in the US for many years. When George died, Mary lived in his large country place in Senftenberg, Bohemia. There were no children.

Donated by Longcope, Mrs. Janet 1886-1974 in 1946

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oid0030: Mediterranean sketch in Egypt — Mediterranean sketch in Egypt
by Sargent, Emily (1857-1936) in 1891
Creator
was artist in her own right. She was close friends with her brother, John Singer; they travelled and painted together throughout their lives. She favored watercolors and is known to have spent time in museums copying works by European masters.

Emily Sargent, artist in her own right travelled often with her brother

Donated by Emily Sargent in 1927

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oid0034: View on the Nile — View on the Nile
paper
by Sargent, Emily (1857-1936) in unknown year
Creator
was artist in her own right. She was close friends with her brother, John Singer; they travelled and painted together throughout their lives. She favored watercolors and is known to have spent time in museums copying works by European masters.

Donated by Emily Sargent in 1927

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oid0040: Seaview; copy of an original by J.M.W.Turner — Seaview
by Sargent, Emily (1857-1936) in 1889
Creator
was artist in her own right. She was close friends with her brother, John Singer; they travelled and painted together throughout their lives. She favored watercolors and is known to have spent time in museums copying works by European masters.

A copy of a painting by J.M.W. Turner

Donated by Violet Sargent Ormond in 1927

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oid0041: Venetian Subject; copy of a painting by J.M.W. Turner — Venetian Subject
by Sargent, Emily (1857-1936) in unknown year
Creator
was artist in her own right. She was close friends with her brother, John Singer; they travelled and painted together throughout their lives. She favored watercolors and is known to have spent time in museums copying works by European masters.

A copy of a painting by J.M.W. Turner

Donated by Emily Sargent in 1927

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oid0077_E: Coerora (Spain) ES-179; inscription: verso (lower left): E.S./Coerora 1904 — Coerora, Spain
watercolor
by Sargent, Emily (1857-1936) in 1904
Creator
was artist in her own right. She was close friends with her brother, John Singer; they travelled and painted together throughout their lives. She favored watercolors and is known to have spent time in museums copying works by European masters.

This was one of the watercolors in a box of 400 watercolors was found in a home in England in the late 1990's.

Donated by in 4/2021

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oid0077_Q: Interior With Sea View (Tunisia) ES-430; verso (lower left): E.S./1903/Hammomet — Interior With Sea View (Tunisia)
watercolor
by Sargent, Emily (1857-1936) in 1903
Creator
was artist in her own right. She was close friends with her brother, John Singer; they travelled and painted together throughout their lives. She favored watercolors and is known to have spent time in museums copying works by European masters.

This was one of the watercolors in a box of 400 watercolors was found in a home in England in the late 1990's.

Donated by in 4/2021

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oid0078: Sea with Boat & Figure, Pride's Crossing. This is a print copy of the original owned by The Metropolitan Museum of Art/New York, — print of watercolor
by Sargent, Emily (1857-1936) in 1923
Creator
was artist in her own right. She was close friends with her brother, John Singer; they travelled and painted together throughout their lives. She favored watercolors and is known to have spent time in museums copying works by European masters.

This watercolor illustrates that Emily Sargent visited Cape Ann.

Donated by in 8/2023

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oid0079: watercolor of a bridge over a stream in France — watercolor
by Sargent, Emily (1857-1936) in 1905
Creator
was artist in her own right. She was close friends with her brother, John Singer; they travelled and painted together throughout their lives. She favored watercolors and is known to have spent time in museums copying works by European masters.

This was one of the watercolors in a box of 400 watercolors was found in a home in England in the late 1990's.

Donated by Kathy Petersen in 7/2025

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oid0516: Sofa. Sheraton. Mahogany — sofa
Mahogany & silk, Sheraton
by an unknown creator in circa 1810

Donated by W. Sargent in 1941

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