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Eastman Johnson Catalogue Raisonné
Patricia Hills, PhD, Founder and Director | Abigael MacGibeny, MA, Project Manager

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43.7 U.S. Early Portrait Drawings, Groups

Although Johnson painted adults as single images, the groups usually are children, such as the Child sisters, the Fessenden children, and Johnson family members.

See Technical Information on Johnson's Practices for a discussion of charcoal, black chalk, crayon, and pastel. —PH

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Hills no. 43.7.3r
Philip Carrigan Johnson, Jr. and Harriet Charles Johnson
1845, November
Locale: Likely Washington, D.C.
Charcoal with touches of white on brown paper
21 3/8 x 15 in. (54.3 x 38.1 cm) (sheet); 21 1/4 x 14 1/2 (sight, oval top)
Initialed and dated verso, center: November 1845/J.E.J. del.; slight sketch done in white crayon—outline of man
Valerie Elbrick Hanlon, Gilbertsville, New York
Verso: Outline of a Man [verso of Philip Carrigan Johnson Jr. and Harriet Johnson], c.1845 (Hills no. 37.1.3v)
Markings
On paper backing: To be given to Philip Lindsay Johnson/Son of Capt. P.C. Johnson, USN.
Provenance
By descent in the family of the artist
Private collection, Washington, District of Columbia, by 1971 (by descent)
Valerie Elbrick Hanlon, Gilbertsville, New York, by February 2017 (by descent)
Hills Examination / Opinion
Examination date(s): May 1971
Examination notes: Paper covering on back says: "To be given to Philip Lindsay Johnson/Son of Capt. P.C. Johnson, USN"
Sitter Biography
Sitter: Johnson, Philip Carrigan, Jr.
Biography:

Philip Carrigan Johnson, Jr. (1828–1887). Johnson's brother and Civil War admiral of Union navy ships against the Confederacy, including command of the famous USS Constitution (1864–1866). Achieved the rank of Rear Admiral in 1887 [Find-A-Grave]. His autobiography is an important primary source of information about Johnson’s life.

Sitter: Johnson, Harriet Charles (Mrs. Joseph May)
Biography:

Harriet Charles Johnson (1833–1881). Sister of Johnson; wife of Joseph May (m. 1865). 

Johnson, Harriet Charles
Johnson, Philip Carrigan, Jr.
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Record last updated August 25, 2022. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Hills, Patricia, and Abigael MacGibeny. "Philip Carrigan Johnson, Jr. and Harriet Charles Johnson, 1845, November (Hills no. 43.7.3r)." Eastman Johnson Catalogue Raisonné. www.eastmanjohnson.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=1042 (accessed on May 17, 2024).