Eastman Johnson Catalogue Raisonné
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43.4 U.S. Early Portrait Drawings, Women, Unidentified
The women in these portraits have not yet been identified by name. However, the drawings are known or believed to have been done in the United States, before Johnson went to Europe to learn to paint in late 1849, based on evidence including their inscriptions and the appearance of the sitters and style of the drawings when images are available. Further research may enable the sitters to be identified. —AM
Hills no. 43.4.9
Baur no. 371
Head of a Woman
1848
Locale: Likely Boston, Massachusetts
Pastel
17 1/4 x 13 3/4 in. (43.8 x 34.9 cm) (sight, oval)
Signed and dated lower left: E. Johnson 1848
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Provenance
References
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), p. 77, no. 371, as Head of a Woman.
Record last updated March 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. "Head of a Woman, 1848 (Hills no. 43.4.9)." In Eastman Johnson Catalogue Raisonné. www.eastmanjohnson.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=1071 (accessed on May 1, 2025).