Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose, John Singer Sargent
Sargent’s first inspiration for the painting came from an evening boating trip along the Thames at Pangbourne in 1885, when he saw Chinese lanterns hanging in the trees. He began Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose while staying at the home of the artist Francis David Millet in the Cotswolds village of Broadway. Although the models for the two little girls, Polly and her sister Dorothy, were actually the daughters of the artist Frederick Barnard.
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