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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. 10.0.2
News from the War
Alternate title: News from the Front
1861
Oil
20 x 15 in. (50.8 x 38.1 cm)
Signed and dated lower left: E. Johnson/1861.
Provenance
John H. Sherwood, New York, by 1873
[Geo. A. Leavitt & Co., New York, April 29–30, 1873, Mr. John H. Sherwood's Collection of Modern Oil Paintings, no. 27 (as News from the War)]
Harry Shaw Newman, The Old Print Shop, New York, by 1956
Edward Eberstadt & Sons, by 1961
Edward Eberstadt & Sons sale 146, no. 109
Present whereabouts unknown
Exhibitions
1961 Corcoran Gallery of Art
Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., The Civil War: The Artists' Record, November 17–December 31, 1961. (Williams 1961), no. 59, p. 79, as News from the Front, [exh. cat. gives dimensions of 10 x 15], lent by Edward Eberstadt & Sons. Traveled to: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, February 1–March 4, 1962.References
George A. Leavitt & Co. 1873
Mr. John H. Sherwood's Collection of Modern Oil Paintings. New York: George A. Leavitt & Co., April 29–30, 1873. Sale catalogue, p. 10, no. 27, as News from the War.Antiques 1956b
"Shop Talk (Harry Shaw Newman)." Antiques (November 1956), p. 410, "Shop Talk" (Harry Shaw Newman).Williams 1961
Williams, Hermann Warner. The Civil War: The Artists' Record. Washington, DC: Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1961. Exhibition catalogue (1961 Corcoran Gallery of Art), p. 79, no. 59, as News from the Front.Keywords
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Record last updated July 28, 2021. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Hills, Patricia, and Abigael MacGibeny. "News from the War, 1861 (Hills no. 10.0.2)." Eastman Johnson Catalogue Raisonné. www.eastmanjohnson.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=105 (accessed on April 19, 2024).