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Robinson, Theodore,
335
,
415

Robinson Crusoe
(Defoe),
241

Rocher de Cancale,
52

Rocky Mountains, The
(Bierstadt),
249

Roderick Hudson
(James),
332

Rodin, Auguste,
449

Roebling, Emily,
252

Roebling, Washington,
252

Rollon, Duke of Normandy,
23

Romantic revolt,
65

Rondel, Frederick,
250

Roosevelt, Theodore,
257
,
454–55
,
456

Roquette Prison, La,
322
,
325

Rosina (model),
389

Rouen Cathedral,
22–23
,
41
,
215
,
226
,
229
,
444

Rousseau, Jean-Jacques,
189–90
,
298

Roux, Philibert-Joseph,
112–14
,
132

Royal Academy, London,
79
,
249

Royal College of Surgeons,
423

Royal Guards, Prussian,
305

Rubens, Peter Paul,
90

Stowe on,
215–16

Rubini, Giovanni Battista,
49

rue de Rivoli,
209
,
218
,
260
,
261
,
322
,
441

rue Herschel,
363

rue Lafayette,
207–8

rue Lalande,
298

Rush, Anna Marie,
180

Rush, Benjamin,
180

Rush, Richard,
179–82
,
184–88
,
196
,
199
,
201

Rush, Sarah Catherine,
180

Russia,
219
,
228

Saint-Augustin, order of,
111

St. Bartholomew’s Church (New York),
368

St. Botolph Club,
410

Saint-Gaudens, Andrew,
240
,
260
,
264

Saint-Gaudens, Augusta Homer (Gussie),
431–32
,
449
,
451

child born to,
382

deafness of,
358
,
434

description of,
357–58

Gus’s correspondence with,
359
,
437–39
,
442

Gus’s courting of,
359–60

Gus’s first meeting with,
357–58

Gus’s infidelity to,
434–35

health of,
358
,
362
,
432

marriage of,
361

Paris life of,
362–64
,
365
,
369–70
,
371
,
376
,
379

in Spain,
440

in Switzerland,
376

White’s dislike of,
369–70
,
434

Saint-Gaudens, Augustus, ix,
250
,
258
,
260
,
263–64
,
391
,
410
,
416
,
423
,
427

Adams Memorial by,
430
,
440–41

in Amiens Cathedral visit,
444–46

background of,
239–41
,
245

cameo carving apprenticeship of,
241–43

“Celtic spirit” of,
245

Civil War memories of,
243–44
,
372–73

death of,
455

depression and melancholy of,
245–46
,
432–33
,
438–39
,
442
,
449

descriptions of,
245
,
255
,
433

deteriorating health of,
450–51
,
454–55

at École des Beaux-Arts,
254–56
,
358

extramarital affair of,
433–35

first Paris visit of,
239–40

guiding principles of,
256

Gussie’s correspondence with,
437–39
,
442

Gussie’s first meeting with,
357–58

honorary Harvard degree of,
431

in Italy tour,
376

last portrait by,
454–55

Lincoln’s portraits by,
430
,
435

McKim’s friendship with,
366–67

marriage of,
361

mutual admiration of Sargent and,
372

opera and theater loved by,
257–58
,
371

in Paris sojourn of 1889,
425–26

poverty endured by,
246
,
257

public acclaim of,
384–85

public monuments to Civil War by,
385

relief portraits by,
431

rich tenor singing voice of,
245
,
438

Rodin’s tribute to,
449

Shaw Memorial by,
430
,
448–49

Sherman Monument by,
see
Sherman Monument

success and recognition of,
429–31

as teacher,
431

in tour of southern France,
367–69

in Universal Exposition of 1900,
448–49

wealth achieved by,
430

White’s collaboration with,
367
,
369–71
,
376–77
,
378
,
382–83

White’s friendship with,
366
,
369–70
,
376–77

women in private life of,
254–55
,
359

Saint-Gaudens, Bernard,
240
,
242
,
243
,
364–65
,
384–85

Saint-Gaudens, François,
246

Saint-Gaudens, Homer,
382
,
431
,
432
,
433
,
435
,
437
,
440
,
443
,
449
,
455

Saint-Gaudens, Louis,
240
,
364–65
,
378
,
383
,
432
,
442
,
443
,
453

Saint-Gaudens, Mary McGuiness,
240

Saint-Gaudens Memorial,
455

St. John the Baptist as a Child
(Dubois),
250

St. Thomas Church (New York),
366

Salle de Concert,
161
,
163
,
166

Salle Le Peletier,
48–49

Salle Pleyel,
160
,
163
,
164–65

Salle Sainte-Cécile,
195

Salle Valentino,
169
,
172
,
175

Samaritaine, La,
251

Sand, George,
10
,
88–89
,
190
,
201
,
212
,
336

Catlin’s Indian exhibit experience of,
173–74

Chopin’s love affair with,
165

Sanderson, John,
10
,
19
,
20
,
21
,
30
,
33
,
34
,
37
,
40
,
43
,
46
,
50
,
52
,
56
,
116

first Paris impression of,
26

Paris book of,
58

on Paris dining,
35
,
52–53

on Paris omnibuses,
31–32

on public spaces,
44–45

unabashed art enthusiasm of,
47–48

Sargent, Emily,
345
,
349

Sargent, FitzWilliam,
253
,
345
,
346
,
347
,
390
,
400
,
420

Sargent, John Singer,
253
,
335
,
355
,
372
,
387
,
437
,
448
,
455

art in childhood of,
346–47

awarded Legion d’Honneur,
419

back-and-forth working manner of,
409–10

Boit’s portrait by,
see Daughters of Edward Darley Boit

Carolus-Duran’s portrait by,
387–88

death of,
456

description of,
344–45

El Jaleo
by,
395
,
397
,
398
,
410

Ellen Terry depicted by,
420

family background of,
345–46

father’s death and,
420

first major portrait by,
387–88

first one-man show of,
410

first U.S. visit of,
349–50

Gautreau’s portrait by,
see Madame X

genius of,
390
,
395

Impressionists and,
389

increasing income and acclaim of,
389–90
,
401

knighthood offered to,
456

London exhibition of,
420–21

music and the flamboyant loved by,
392

mutual admiration of Saint-Gaudens and,
372

Pailleron as patron of,
390

on painting,
348

paintings done while traveling by,
388–89

Paris residences and studios of,
347
,
389

phenomenal productivity of,
389

as portraitist,
389–92
,
395–96
,
410

praise of,
388
,
420–21

reading habits of,
410

in Spain,
389

Stevenson’s description of,
409–12

as student of Carolus-Duran,
343–44
,
348–49

tributes to,
419–20

in Universal Exposition of 1889,
419

virtuosity of,
389
,
390–91

vitality in brushwork of,
390–91
,
397

women’s relationships with and,
390–93

Sargent, Mary Singer,
345–36
,
347
,
349

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