Watercolors of John and Mable

In 1927 John and Mable had their portraits done by Savely Sorine.


John


Mable


Princess Elizabeth


Portraits are bigger than you think

 

The 2 life-size watercolors hang in the great court, behind the aeolian organ, just as they hung there when Mable lived there.

Savely Sorine was a White Russian who originally painted Parisian society portraits, and who then went on to paint the British Royal Family, including a portrait of the then Duchess of York (1923), later Queen Elizabeth and the Queen Mother.

In 1948 he painted the Princess Elizabeth, now the present Queen.

He came often to the United States where he painted a number of prominent people including Mr. and Mrs. John Ringling, Claire Boothe Luce and Wright Ludington, from Philadelphia.

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