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at Rome". However, the accompanying portrait of Flora
Wertheimer with pearls and a white dress was less successful. Sargent was asked to paint a second version of Flora, in which she is seated and dressed in black, which was better received.
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The other two family portraits are held in US galleries. The first portrait of Flora
Wertheimer in a white dress was inherited by her daughter Hylda and later came into the collection of the
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a portrait of the fourth surviving daughter Essie with her two youngest siblings, fourth son
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commenting that "these clever, but extremely repulsive, pictures should be placed in a special chamber of horrors", and later commentators have seen some
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a portrait of the third surviving daughter Hylda, third son Conway, and fifth surviving daughter Almina (1905), aged about 27, 24, and 19 respectively
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a portrait of the eldest two surviving daughters, Helena (Ena) with her sister
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portrait of Ena, was bequeathed to the Tate
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a portrait of the second surviving daughter Betty (1908), aged about 31
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The Wyndham Sisters: Lady Elcho, Mrs. Adeane, and Mrs. Tennant
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a second portrait of Flora Wertheimer (1904), in a black dress
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Essie, Ruby and Ferdinand, Children of Asher Wertheimer, 1902
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Hylda, Almina and Conway, Children of Asher Wertheimer, 1905
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eldest surviving daughter Helena (Ena) (1874–1935), married
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Mrs. Fiske Warren (Gretchen Osgood) and Her Daughter Rachel
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Sargent, John Singer, Portrait of Mrs. Asher B. Wertheimer
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Ena and Betty, Daughters of Asher and Mrs Wertheimer, 1901
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third son Conway (1881–1953), later Conway Joseph Conway,
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in 1911 as "the only modern picture which challenges the
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sixth surviving daughter Ruby (1889–1941), died at the
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a portrait of Flora Wertheimer (1898) in a white dress
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fourth surviving daughter Essie (1880–1932?), married
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fifth surviving daughter Almina (1886–1928), married
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third surviving daughter Hylda (1878–1938), married
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569:Hylda, Daughter of Asher and Mrs Wertheimer, 1901
759:Lady with the Rose (Charlotte Louise Burckhardt)
611:Portrait of Ena Wertheimer: A Vele Gonfie, 1905
168:The family became close friends of the artist
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18:Painting series by John Singer Sargent
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587:Edward, Son of Asher Wertheimer, 1902
559:, John Singer Sargent Virtual Gallery
546:, 17 October 1999 – 6 February 2000,
184:a portrait of Asher Wertheimer (1898)
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627:, Traditional Fine Arts Organization
495:List of works by John Singer Sargent
26:Essie, Ruby and Ferdinand Wertheimer
743:The Daughters of Edward Darley Boit
424:Conway, Almina and Hylda Wertheimer
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42:(1856–1925) of and for the British
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211:a second portrait of Ena, titled
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791:Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose
651:Codes of the Sargent's mess
647:, New Orleans Museum of Art
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279:in New York in 1999–2000.
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319:New Orleans Museum of Art
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178:25th wedding anniversary
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139:Antonio Pandelli Fachiri
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988:Synagogue
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751:El Jaleo
552:New York
489:See also
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