Victorian Era Aristocrat Signed ISABEL VALLE AUSTEN John Sargent Portrait Sitter

Description: CIRCLE IN THE SANDBy ISABEL VALLEGP Putnam's Sons, NY, 1935. First Edition. Very good hardcover, no dustjacket. Tight binding, solid spine, clean unmarked text, some wear and soiling to boards. Signed " Greetings from Isabel Valle Austen" by author on front free endpaper. 108 pages. The author is most famous for her portrait by John Singer Sargent, and her marriage to George Austen.Isabel was the great-granddaughter of Jean Baptiste Valle, last colonial Commandant of Ste. Genevieve. That post became redundant when the Louisiana Territory was transferred to the US in 1804. (He was the son of Francois Charles Valle.)Her fond name was Belle. She became the wife of George Austin and lived with him in Manhattan. No children are known.Her father made his fortune in iron mining & processing. Sometime after the Civil War the family moved into their new home, 2710 Washington Avenue in St. Louis.John Singer Sargent was an American expatriate artist, considered the "leading portrait painter of his generation" for his evocations of Edwardian-era luxury.Loc: C3StoreAdd to FavoritesFeedbackVictorian Era Aristocrat Signed ISABEL VALLE AUSTEN John Sargent Portrait Sitter CIRCLE IN THE SANDBy ISABEL VALLEGP Putnam's Sons, NY, 1935. First Edition. Very good hardcover, no dustjacket. Tight binding, solid spine, clean unmarked text, some wear and soiling to boards. Signed " Greetings from Isabel Valle Austen" by author on front free endpaper. 108 pages. The author is most famous for her portrait by John Singer Sargent, and her marriage to George Austen.Isabel was the great-granddaughter of Jean Baptiste Valle, last colonial Commandant of Ste. Genevieve. That post became redundant when the Louisiana Territory was transferred to the US in 1804. (He was the son of Francois Charles Valle.)Her fond name was Belle. She became the wife of George Austin and lived with him in Manhattan. No children are known.Her father made his fortune in iron mining & processing. Sometime after the Civil War the family moved into their new home, 2710 Washington Avenue in St. Louis.John Singer Sargent was an American expatriate artist, considered the "leading portrait painter of his generation" for his evocations of Edwardian-era luxury.Loc: C3

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