The Washington times., 1917-11-17
CAPITAL MAY
SEE SARGENT
PORTRAIT Of
PRESIDENT
By BILL PRICE.

UblDou ever patnteos just completeo
~ Jehn s. Sargent, Americas fore
0oSt painter, may be exhibited at the
0Sreoran Gallery Of Art before being
Osat Gcross the sea to the National
Gallery OF Dublin, to which It be-
6nGS- The arrangements have not
~ been completed, but art circles
= Warrington are hopeful that there
viii be no hitch In the efforts to have
0is great likeness OF the President
UlAesd on exhiEition-
This portrait has not been removed
APon the easel in the White House
vhero Sargent painted IL, and will
GtGS there until the frame now being
made for It is completed The few
yno have seen the portrait say that
= - likely to attract worldwide at
toation whenever the public Is al
LEVIED 60 see it because OF its life-likO
representation OF President Wilson
gtsry interesting.
The story OF this picture is In itself
be Intense interest the world over.
Sargent IL not here to verify the
faots. end he is said TO hate pub
LEFTY 30 strongly that he might not
agree to state them In and around
tie white House and in art circles
oodAy the story Of the already IA
1oua portrait is this:
Sargent agreed to contribute q pic-i
turO on any subject to the English
6od Croae, to be seld to the highest
btddor. That bidder was Sir Hugh
Lane, and he gave $4,000 to the Red
Gross for the privilege OF having one
e sargOnt's pictures. Before Sir
al
ths painting he desired he went down
- the Lusitania- His will left all his
valuable pictures to the National
eAllery at Dublin
The courts construed the to-be-
painted picture by Sargent a. be
longing to Sir Hugh Lanes art col
lection and the Dublin gallery
promptly commissioned Sargent to-
paint q portrait Of President Wilson,
who doomed large in the worlds horf
- Some weeks ago Sargent OBJ
6Atned permission from the President
fer sittings and in the few sittlngs
Gtvea him he finished the portrait.
0nly Portrait Since War.
It ia, Of course, the only portrait
- the President painted since Amsf-
lea entered the war, and is expept "a
70 become historical because Of ia
production At q time the sPFsIiaent
Wa1 engaged IN directing lthe a.
naonss forces OF America sf,.srst t6s
Tsuton .eombination In B,soy,s
II e Considered singuls ,hot can
gsSHs has not made appr6 6nrfstion for
IN officia1 picture OF the P-eside1t "a
hang N the White HOuS.a s,aiIsr-r az
Fra9Idanis and their W6 ~. 80 q a.
rro1umed this will be hons tn. h-
portanca of having thf ror,rsI, ,,s6.
euEIhE be war is snsr.Itv racos.
eiF1I Ihe custom - Co1S-os, hs.
be1e MAKE appropriations for
p414tt.4s OF dents before the
.tes.oa OF tnel terms Of office, and
t1e-s - OSsn Ssns4rprise that this was
49, President Wilson's
.st.l plred- In case he had
the picture could have
-. -. =. after he lOft the White
AouseS out lt Appropriateness would
net have beeJ 5Irs.t os a. nainted
WnAe IN oHile.
Pg.,...s po...-.,.
oAnJA JAl picture OF Roosevelt
by Sargent long before
N colone left the White House and
- nenS the White House among
- eensr Presidents. Taft's picture
before he ran for the
h and placed among those
- - Presidents This portrait Is
j Swiss painter.
- hnEements for the portraits
- 49,, n through the superintendent
2 buildings and grounds and
~ ion Of the painter Is left TO
- dent whose face is to be pre-
posterity through this medi-'
~ ~ osevelt knew Sargent person
- - preferred him. Taft was in
e.ns as to who made his portrait
HnS Skhorities selected Zorn.
cANI,Y MAKER KILLS SELF.