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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. 10.0.6
The Little Sentinel
Alternate titles: possibly The Young Recruit; possibly Young America
1862
Oil on paper board laid down on board
9 1/4 x 7 1/4 in. (23.5 x 18.4 cm)
Signed and dated lower left: E Johnson/—62
Labels
Labels on verso, on backing board: upper left: No. 39610/PICTURE; upper right: A 3310; center right: 114429/CLXxx; lower right: Philadelphia Museum of Art/Parkway at 26th Street, Philadelphia 19101/ARTIST Eastman Johnson (American, 1824-1906):/TITLE The Little Sentinel, 1862/EXHIBITION Loans 37-1972-7/LENDER Mrs. Hughs F. Norment/ADDRESS OF LENDER 340 S. Ocean Dr., Palm Beach, Fla./P.M.A. 38 ATTRIBUTIONS OF LOANS ARE THOSE OF THE LENDER; center left: WASHINGTON COUNTY MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS/EXHIBITED/CHARMS OF CHILDHOOD/(November 8, 2002 –/January 5, 2003)/WASHINGTON COUNTY MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS/Hagerstown, Maryland
Tag on verso, on frame wire: JOHNSON/"THE LITTLE/SENTINEL"/LOAN
Tag on verso, on frame wire: JOHNSON/"THE LITTLE/SENTINEL"/LOAN
Provenance
Possibly George B. Warren, Jr., 1862
[Possibly Ortgies & Co. General Auctioneers, May 22, 1883, Fine Modern Paintings, no. 55 (as "The Young Recruit")]
Victor D. Spark, New York
Wildenstein and Company, New York, until 1957
Mrs. Hughs F. Norment, New York and Palm Beach, Florida, 1957
Ambassador Curtin Winsor Jr., her son, 1981
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, June 17, 2021 (by gift)
Exhibitions
1862 Young Men's Association, Troy
Young Men's Association, Troy, New York, 1862, no. 13, [possibly, as Young America, owner Geo. B. Warren, Jr.]1868 Union League Club of New York
The Union League Club of New York, New York, Exhibition in Honor of the Inauguration of the New Union League Club House, April 16, 1868, no. 12, [possibly, as Young America].1882 Chicago Inter-State Industrial Exposition
Chicago Interstate Industrial Exposition, Chicago, Inter-State Industrial Exposition of Chicago, 1882. (Exhibition catalogue: Chicago Inter-State 1882), no. 680, [possibly, as The Young Recruit].1949 Los Angeles County Museum of History, Science, and Art
Los Angeles County Museum of History, Science, and Art, Los Angeles, Winslow Homer 1836–1910, Eastman Johnson 1824–1906, February 4, 1949–May 7, 1950. (Exhibition catalogue: LACMA 1949), no. 2, as The Little Sentinel. Traveled to: Denver Art Museum, Denver, 1949; Fine Arts Gallery, San Diego, 1949 (Fine Arts Society of San Diego 1949); Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 1949 (Fine Arts Society of San Diego 1949); Oklahoma Arts Center, Oklahoma City, 1949 (Fine Arts Society of San Diego 1949); Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, 1949 (Fine Arts Society of San Diego 1949); Takoma Art League, Takoma, Washington, 1949 (Fine Arts Society of San Diego 1949); Witte Memorial Museum, San Antonio, 1949 (Fine Arts Society of San Diego 1949).2002 Washington County Museum of Fine Arts
Washington County Museum of Fine Arts, Hagerstown, Maryland, Charms of Childhood, November 8, 2002–January 5, 2003, no. 2.References
Chicago Inter-State 1882
Illustrated Catalogue of the Art Hall of the Inter-State Industrial Exposition of Chicago. Chicago: Rand, McNally, & Co., 1882. Exhibition catalogue (1882 Chicago Inter-State Industrial Exposition), p. 96, no. 680 [possibly, as The Young Recruit].Ortgies & Co. 1883
Fine Modern Paintings, Principally Belonging to a Gentleman Now Abroad, with a Few Additions from Other Sources. New York: Ortgies & Co., May 22, 1883. Sale catalogue, p. 14, no. 55 [possibly, as "The Young Recruit"].Fine Arts Society of San Diego 1949
Winslow Homer 1836–1910; Eastman Johnson 1824–1906. San Diego, CA: Fine Arts Society of San Diego, 1949. Exhibition catalogue (1949 Los Angeles County Museum of History, Science, and Art), no. 2, as The Little Sentinel.Keywords
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Record last updated December 16, 2021. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Hills, Patricia, and Abigael MacGibeny. "The Little Sentinel, 1862 (Hills no. 10.0.6)." Eastman Johnson Catalogue Raisonné. www.eastmanjohnson.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=109 (accessed on May 2, 2024).