Eastman Johnson Catalogue Raisonné
⊠
44.3 Euro Portrait Drawings, Women
Johnson continued drawing portraits in charcoal after he arrived in Europe. However, the currently located charcoal portrait drawings of American women friends were all executed in The Hague, and those portraits returned to the United States. Similar to the situation of the commissioned charcoal portraits of men, those works of European women remained in Europe. —PH
Hills no. 44.3.2
Miss Brinkley
Alternate titles: Miss Brinkley (later Mrs. Colt); Portrait of Miss Brinkley
1855
Locale: Paris
Charcoal heightened with white on very brown paper
21 1/8 x 17 5/8 in. (53.7 x 44.8 cm) (oval)
Neither signed nor dated
loading
Description / Remarks
MacGibeny, 2022: There may be a genealogical connection between this sitter (referred to in an alternate title as "later Mrs. Colt") and the sitter in Johnson's 1894 portrait Caldwell Hart Colt. The latter Colt was unmarried.
Markings
Inscribed verso in pencil: Paris May 1855
Exhibitions
Elvehjem Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, American Drawings and Watercolors, 1800–1945, January 23–March 28, 1993.
Hills Examination / Opinion
Examination date(s): July 14, 1971
Examination notes: A delicate beauty. White contrast is very sharp. Black curly hair, very velvety. Nose creates dark shadow on upper lip. Soft strokes create the line of the chin. Bags under eyes.
Sitter Biography
Sitter: Brinkley, Miss
Biography:
Miss Brinkley (d. c.1890 or 1910). Later Mrs. Colt of Blue Ridge, Summit, New Jersey.
Keywords
- Portrait pose:
- Bust length »
- Head »
- Portrait »
- Format:
- Oval »
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. "Miss Brinkley, 1855 (Hills no. 44.3.2)." Eastman Johnson Catalogue Raisonné. www.eastmanjohnson.org/catalogue/entry.php?SystemID=917 (accessed on April 19, 2024).