Sargent's pricing

[Timothy C. Tyler]

I was struck when once reading about Sargent that he was not the most expensive portrait painter of his day. He was in demand and was very prolific. In America, he did 17 portraits in 6 weeks about the time you write about. I recall hearing 5,000 pounds but don't recall how big or when that was. I think one of his last full length portraits was 10,000 pounds. I certainly don't know what the exchange rate was then.