Portrait of Henry James
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Portrait of Henry James is a celebrated 1913 oil painting by John Singer Sargent depicting the renowned American-British author in his later years.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Portrait of Henry James canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T466965 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Portrait of Henry James Context triple: [John Singer Sargent, notableWork, Portrait of Henry James]
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A.
The Wings of the Dove
The Wings of the Dove is a 1902 novel by Henry James that explores complex moral and emotional entanglements surrounding love, wealth, and betrayal in Edwardian society.
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B.
The Portrait of a Lady
The Portrait of a Lady is a classic 1881 novel by Henry James that follows the independent-minded Isabel Archer as she confronts the constraints of marriage, freedom, and identity in European society.
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C.
The Bostonians
The Bostonians is a novel by Henry James that explores post–Civil War American society through a satirical examination of feminism, reform movements, and complex personal relationships in Boston.
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D.
Daisy Miller
Daisy Miller is a novella by Henry James that explores the clash between American innocence and European social conventions through the story of a young American woman abroad.
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E.
The Aspern Papers
The Aspern Papers is a novella by Henry James that explores themes of literary obsession, secrecy, and moral ambiguity through a scholar’s attempt to obtain the private papers of a deceased poet from his reclusive former lover.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Portrait of Henry James Target entity description: Portrait of Henry James is a celebrated 1913 oil painting by John Singer Sargent depicting the renowned American-British author in his later years.
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A.
The Wings of the Dove
The Wings of the Dove is a 1902 novel by Henry James that explores complex moral and emotional entanglements surrounding love, wealth, and betrayal in Edwardian society.
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B.
The Portrait of a Lady
The Portrait of a Lady is a classic 1881 novel by Henry James that follows the independent-minded Isabel Archer as she confronts the constraints of marriage, freedom, and identity in European society.
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C.
The Bostonians
The Bostonians is a novel by Henry James that explores post–Civil War American society through a satirical examination of feminism, reform movements, and complex personal relationships in Boston.
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D.
Daisy Miller
Daisy Miller is a novella by Henry James that explores the clash between American innocence and European social conventions through the story of a young American woman abroad.
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E.
The Aspern Papers
The Aspern Papers is a novella by Henry James that explores themes of literary obsession, secrecy, and moral ambiguity through a scholar’s attempt to obtain the private papers of a deceased poet from his reclusive former lover.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
oil painting
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painting ⓘ |
| commissionedBy | friends of Henry James ⓘ |
| copyrightStatus | public domain ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| creator | John Singer Sargent ⓘ |
| creatorNationality |
American
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British ⓘ |
| creatorOccupation |
painter
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portraitist ⓘ |
| depicts | Henry James ⓘ |
| depictsCitizenship |
United Kingdom
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United States of America ⓘ |
| depictsEthnicGroup |
American
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British ⓘ |
| depictsNotableCharacteristic |
dark background
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evening dress ⓘ formal three-quarter-length pose ⓘ introspective expression ⓘ late-life likeness of Henry James ⓘ seated figure ⓘ |
| depictsNotablePerson |
American-British author
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major figure of literary realism ⓘ |
| depictsNotableWorkAuthor |
Daisy Miller
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The Ambassadors ⓘ The Portrait of a Lady ⓘ The Turn of the Screw ⓘ The Wings of the Dove ⓘ |
| depictsOccupation |
novelist
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writer ⓘ |
| depictsPersonAge | old age ⓘ |
| depictsSex | male ⓘ |
| describedAs | celebrated portrait of Henry James in his later years ⓘ |
| genre | portrait painting ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn | visual iconography of Henry James ⓘ |
| hasQuality |
highly finished brushwork
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psychological depth ⓘ subdued color palette ⓘ |
| inception | 1913 ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject | Henry James ⓘ |
| medium | oil paint ⓘ |
| movement | Realism ⓘ |
| notableWorkOf | John Singer Sargent ⓘ |
| partOf | 20th-century portrait painting ⓘ |
| support | canvas ⓘ |
| title | Portrait of Henry James ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Portrait of Henry James Description of subject: Portrait of Henry James is a celebrated 1913 oil painting by John Singer Sargent depicting the renowned American-British author in his later years.
Referenced by (2)
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