Richard Ormond

Richard Ormond: “Sargent’s Lady Agnew of Lochnaw”

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Richard Ormond, the leading expert on John Singer Sargent, will trace the artist’s career from its beginnings to his major breakthrough in 1892 with his execution of the ravishing portrait of Gertrude Vernon, Lady Agnew, which opened the way to the British market and catapulted him to fame as a transatlantic superstar.