The Metropolitan Museum Journal, v. 28 (1993)
THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART JOURNAL | VOLUME 28

"'Splendid Mountain,' A Sketchbook by the Young John Singer Sargent"

Shelley, Marjorie
1993
21 pages
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Marjorie Shelley

Marjorie Shelley (MA art history, Institute of Fine Arts; Certificate, degree, Conservation Center, NYU), oversees the conservation of drawings and prints from seventeen curatorial departments. A specialist in fifteenth through early twentieth century drawings and pastels, she frequently lectures and has written numerous publications on drawing materials and artists’ practices; among them, Rembrandt, Fragonard, Wright of Darby, Audubon, Delacroix, Degas, Van Gogh, Cezanne and Sargent. She is editor and chief author of The Met’s preservation manual, The Care and Handling of Art Objects; instituted an annual technical art history symposium on works on paper, and established a collection of historic artists’ materials.

Selected publications

MetPublications: Selected publications by Marjorie Shelley

The Care and Handling of Art Objects: Practices in The Metropolitan Museum of Art (2019 revised edition). New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2019.

“Delacroix drawings: Line and Color.” In A Devotion to Drawing, the Karen B. Cohen collection, edited by Ashely E. Dunn, 137–150. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2018.

Matterhorn (from "Splendid Mountain Watercolours" Sketchbook), John Singer Sargent  American, Graphite on off-white wove paper, American
John Singer Sargent
1870
Riffelhorn from Zmutt Glacier, Zermatt, (from "Splendid Mountain Watercolours" Sketchbook), John Singer Sargent  American, Graphite on off-white wove paper, American
John Singer Sargent
July 3, 1870
Kandersteg from the Klus of the Gasternthal (from "Splendid Mountain Watercolours" Sketchbook), John Singer Sargent  American, Wax crayon on off-white wove  paper, American
John Singer Sargent
1870
Matterhorn, Zermatt (from "Splendid Mountain Watercolours" Sketchbook), John Singer Sargent  American, Graphite on off-white wove paper, American
John Singer Sargent
1870
Monte Rosa from Gorner Grat (from "Splendid Mountain Watercolours" Sketchbook), John Singer Sargent  American, Graphite on off-white wove paper, American
John Singer Sargent
July 3, 1870
Waterfall (from "Splendid Mountain Watercolours" Sketchbook), John Singer Sargent  American, Wax crayon on off-white wove paper, American
John Singer Sargent
1870
Handek Falls (from "Splendid Mountain Watercolours" Sketchbook), John Singer Sargent  American, Watercolor and graphite on off-white wove paper, American
John Singer Sargent
1870
Matterhorn from Zmutt Glacier, Zermatt, recto (from "Splendid Mountain Watercolours" Sketchbook), John Singer Sargent  American, Watercolor and graphite on off-white wove paper, American
John Singer Sargent
1870
Bies Glacier and Weisshorn, Zermatt,  recto (from "Splendid Mountain Watercolours" Sketchbook), John Singer Sargent  American, Watercolor on off-white wove paper, American
John Singer Sargent
1870
Monte Rosa from Hornli, Zermatt (from "Splendid Mountain Watercolours" Sketchbook), John Singer Sargent  American, Watercolor on off-white wove paper, American
John Singer Sargent
1870
Mountain View, Mürren (from "Splendid Mountain Watercolours" Sketchbook), John Singer Sargent  American, Watercolor and graphite on off-white wove paper, American
John Singer Sargent
1870
Rhône Glacier (from "Splendid Mountain Watercolours" Sketchbook), John Singer Sargent  American, Watercolor and graphite on off-white wove paper, American
John Singer Sargent
July 15, 1870
Mount Pilatus,  recto (from "Splendid Mountain Watercolours" Sketchbook), John Singer Sargent  American, Wax crayon on off-white wove paper, American
John Singer Sargent
1870
Eiger from Mürren (from "Splendid Mountain Watercolours" Sketchbook), John Singer Sargent  American, Watercolor and graphite on off-white wove paper, American
John Singer Sargent
August 3, 1870
Gspaltenhorn, Mürren (from "Splendid Mountain Watercolours" Sketchbook), John Singer Sargent  American, Watercolor and graphite on off-white paper, American
John Singer Sargent
August 5, 1870
Alpine View, Mürren (from "Splendid Mountain Watercolours" Sketchbook), John Singer Sargent  American, Watercolor and graphite on off-white wovepaper, American
John Singer Sargent
1870
Wetterhorn, Grindelwald (from "Splendid Mountain Watercolours" Sketchbook), John Singer Sargent  American, Watercolor and graphite on off-white wove paper, American
John Singer Sargent
1870
From Faulhorn (from "Splendid Mountain Watercolours" Sketchbook), John Singer Sargent  American, Watercolor and graphite on off-white wove paper, American
John Singer Sargent
September 3, 1870
From Faulhorn (from "Splendid Mountain Watercolours" Sketchbook), John Singer Sargent  American, Watercolor and graphite on off-white wove paper, American
John Singer Sargent
September 3, 1870
Frau von Allmen and an Unidentified Man in an Interior, verso (from "Splendid Mountain Watercolours" Sketchbook), John Singer Sargent  American, Watercolor and graphite on off-white wove paper, American
John Singer Sargent
1870