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This portrait depicts John Singer Sargent¡¯s lifelong friend Sarah Sears, a photographer and patron of the arts in Boston. Her alert pose, intense gaze, and upper-body posture cont rast with the seemingly relaxed position of her lower body, an instance of how Sargent seemed to capture, as one critic wrote, ¡°the nervous tension of the age.¡± Title Mrs. Joshua Montgomery Sears (Sarah Choate Sears) Creator John Singer Sargent Creator Lifespan 1856 - 1925 Creator Nationality American Creator Gender Male Date 1899 Physical Dimensions w96.8 x h147.6 cm (without frame) Type Painting Medium Oil on canvas Credit Line The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, museum purchase funded by George R. Brown in honor of his wife, Alice Pratt Brown Show more