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Photo: Courtesy of Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Inc.
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31.3 U.S. Portraits, Women
Johnson’s paintings of women are often his best portraits, exhibiting a range of techniques and emphasizing their intelligent faces even when enwrapped in sumptuous fabrics, such as we see in Edwina Booth. —PH
Hills no. 31.3.26
Margaret J. Elliott
Tweed Museum of Art, University of Minnesota Duluth title: Portrait of Margaret J. Elliott
1857, September
Oil on canvas
17 3/4 x 14 1/2 in. (45.1 x 36.8 cm)
Signed and dated lower left: E. Johnson/Grand Portage/Sept. 1857
Labels
Label on verso: Margaret Elliott/Age 30/Painted by/Eastman Johnton [sic] about 1856/Recovered backing by R. M. Parsons (Grandaughter) [sic] 10-12-1961
Provenance
By descent in the family of the sitter
[Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York]
Private collection
[Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York, 1983]
Tweed Museum of Art, University of Minnesota Duluth, September 3, 1986 (by purchase)
Hills Examination / Opinion
Examination date(s): 1984-01-14; 1984-01 or 1984-02
Examination notes: 1984-01-14: E.J. Portrait at Hirschl & Adler. Marissa Boyescu showed Hills the painting. Backing also says: "Recovered backing by R.M Parsons (Grandaughter) [sic] 10-12-1961" Black cape over deep "velvet" red dress. Brooch with red stone. Blue-grey eyes. White dots as highlights.
Sitter Biography
Sitter: Elliott, Margaret J.
Biography:
Margaret J. Elliott (b. c.1826).
Keywords
- Portrait pose:
Record last updated August 28, 2022. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Hills, Patricia, and Abigael MacGibeny. "Margaret J. Elliott, 1857, September (Hills no. 31.3.26)." Eastman Johnson Catalogue Raisonné. www.eastmanjohnson.org/catalogue/entry.php?SystemID=733 (accessed on April 18, 2024).