Family Romance: John Singer Sargent and the Wertheimers "Another gem from one of

"Another gem from one of the world's justly celebrated historians specializing in unusual and always fascinating subjects and people

But when Rolling Hill's rising racial sentiments bring the two women together in common cause

it now spells ruin for our fragile atmosphere

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Tragedy unfolds as Anna rejects her passionless marriage and thereby exposes herself to the hypocrisies of society

Family Romance: John Singer Sargent and the Wertheimers "Another gem from one ofJean Strouse captures the dramas, mysteries, intrigues, and tragedies surrounding John Singer Sargent's portraits of the Wertheimer family. Jean Strouses Family Romance: John Singer Sargent and the Wertheimers looks at twelve portraits of one English family painted by the expatriate American artist at the height of his careerand at the intersections of all these lives with the sparkle and strife of the Edwardian age. In commissioning this grand series