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Mrs. George Batten
Artist: John Singer Sargent (American, Florence 1856–1925 London)
Date: 1897
Culture: American
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 35 × 17 in. (88.9 × 43.2 cm)
Classification: Paintings
Credit Line: Lent by Glasgow Life (Glasgow Museums)On the subject of complaining about your Sargent portrait not being flattering enough, I wonder whether Mabel Batten felt he was a little unforgiving of her double chin in this dramatic portrait painted c1897.
Mabel Batten socialite, singer, lover of Edward VII and Radclyffe Hall but not simultaneously!
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