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Photo: Glenn Castellano/New-York Historical Society
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Photo: Patricia Hills
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Photo: Patricia Hills
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10.0 Civil War Themes
Johnson was thirty-six years old when the Civil War began. Although he did not serve in the Union Army, he followed the Union troops in search of subjects that would appeal to a pro-Union audience. He also painted pictures of the homefront. —PH
Hills no. 10.0.1
Baur no. 114
Knitting for the Soldiers
1861
Oil on millboard
9 3/8 x 11 3/4 in. (23.8 x 29.8 cm)
Signed and dated lower left: E. JOHNSON 1861.
Description / Remarks
Hills, 2021: This painting has the same setting as The Postboy.
Provenance
Robert Leighton Stuart, New York
New York Public Library, New York, 1863 (by purchase)
New-York Historical Society, New York (on permanent loan)
References
Illustrated American 1893
"The R. L. Stuart Gallery at the Lenox Library, New York City." The Illustrated American (March 18, 1893), p. 333.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), no. 114, as Knitting for the Soldiers.Wissman 2003
Wissman, Fronia E. Interweave Arts (Winter 2003), p. 8.Hills Examination / Opinion
Examination date(s): 2019-02-20
Examination notes: Undated examination: Oil on academy board. Verso: Stamp on board includes: “Muller/Paris.” Fogg Loan 196.1939. 9 1/4 x 11 3/4 in board. L.L. "E. Johnson 1861" Very highly finished—stove. Tiny lines touch up on dress folds, neck, edge of nose, soles of shoes. Broad boards on floor. Turquoise stockings. Dusty rose dress. Knitting is white and blue. No impasto. Light from right. Turquoise board behind stove.
2019-02-20: Sweet picture. Tiny details. Dark peach dress. Sox she is knitting is white and turquoise. Fire to the left.
2019-02-20: Sweet picture. Tiny details. Dark peach dress. Sox she is knitting is white and turquoise. Fire to the left.
Record last updated July 25, 2021. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Hills, Patricia, and Abigael MacGibeny. "Knitting for the Soldiers, 1861 (Hills no. 10.0.1)." Eastman Johnson Catalogue Raisonné. www.eastmanjohnson.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=104 (accessed on April 16, 2024).