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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. 31.3.48
Baur no. 252
Harriet Amelia Sanger Pullman
Alternate titles: Hattie Sanger Pullman (Mrs. George M. Pullman); Mrs. George M. Pullman (Sketch)
c.1881
Oil on canvas
20 x 15 in. (50.8 x 38.1 cm)
Unsigned
Description / Remarks
MacGibeny, 2021: This portrait is believed to have been cut down, which would explain the lack of an inscription. Supporting this belief is the fact that Johnson painted oval portraits in the 1850s, when they were most popular, and no longer did so by the 1880s.
Provenance
George M. Pullman Lowden, grandson of the sitter, by 1940
Florence Lowden (Mrs. Charles Phillip) Miller, his sister
Warren Pullman Miller, Santa Barbara, California, her son (by descent)
Jennifer Tadjedin, Portland, Oregon
References
Baur 1940
Baur, John I. H. An American Genre Painter: Eastman Johnson, 1824–1906. Brooklyn, NY: Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, 1940. Exhibition catalogue (1939 Brooklyn Museum), p. 71, no. 252, as Mrs. George M. Pullman (Sketch).Sitter Biography
Sitter: Pullman, Harriet ("Hattie") Sanger (Mrs. George Mortimer Pullman)
Biography:
Harriet Sanger Pullman (1842–1921). Married George Mortimer Pullman in 1866. “Philanthropist and collector, she continued to add to the G M Pullman collection after his death in 1897” [Frick Art Reference Library].
Pullman, Harriet ("Hattie") Amelia Sanger (Mrs. George Mortimer Pullman)
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Record last updated March 22, 2022. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Hills, Patricia, and Abigael MacGibeny. "Harriet Amelia Sanger Pullman, c.1881 (Hills no. 31.3.48)." Eastman Johnson Catalogue Raisonné. www.eastmanjohnson.org/catalogue/entry.php?SystemID=756 (accessed on April 19, 2024).