They loved him, I think, because, with all his merits, he showed them to be rich: looking at his portraits, they understood at last how rich they really were.
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Left Hand, Right Hand!, Bk. II, ch. 6
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Of the portrait-painter John Singer Sargent's relationship with his clients.Osbert Sitwell
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