Eastman Johnson Catalogue Raisonné
Patricia Hills, PhD, Founder and Director | Abigael MacGibeny, Project Manager and Co-Author
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Langhamer, 1849, November (Hills no. 44.1.11). Detail
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Langhamer, 1849, November (Hills no. 44.1.11). Detail
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Photo: Patricia Hills
44.1 Euro Portrait Drawings, Men

After Johnson arrived in Düsseldorf in late 1849 his earliest portrait drawings were graphite sketches of his instructors and artist friends. He continued to make drawings when he moved to The Hague in 1851. As he began to receive commissions, Johnson used charcoal and worked much in the style of the late 1840s drawings he had done in the United States. It is likely that he may have done many more sketches, but those that have been located, of his friends and teachers, were ones he selected to bring back to the U.S.; the commissioned portrait drawings of Europeans generally stayed in Europe. —PH

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Hills no. 44.1.11
Baur no. 326
Langhamer
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston title: Portrait of Langhamer
1849, November
Crayon and charcoal on light brown paper
23 3/4 x 18 3/4 in. (60.3 x 47.6 cm)
Signed, dated, and inscribed lower right in crayon: E. Johnson/Dusseldorf./Nov. 1849.; lower center: Langhamer
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Record last updated May 27, 2022. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Hills, Patricia, and Abigael MacGibeny. "Langhamer, 1849, November (Hills no. 44.1.11)." In Eastman Johnson Catalogue Raisonné. www.eastmanjohnson.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=1010 (accessed on October 12, 2024).