Eastman Johnson Catalogue Raisonné
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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. 10.0.19
The Wounded Drummer Boy
Alternate titles: possibly The Drummer Boy; Study for The Wounded Drummer Boy
c.1864–71
Oil on paper board
26 x 22 in. (66 x 55.9 cm)
Initialed lower right: E.J.
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Provenance
Exhibitions
Century Association, New York, February 3, 1872, no. 27, [possibly, as The Drummer Boy].
Century Association, New York, Memorial Exhibition of Eastman Johnson, February 9–13, 1907, [possibly, as The Wounded Drummer Boy].
Kennedy Galleries, New York, Artists of the Civil War, 1961.
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, Eastman Johnson: Retrospective Exhibition, March 28–May 14, 1972. (Exhibition catalogue: Hills 1972a), no. 63, b/w illus., p. 74, as Study for The Wounded Drummer Boy. Traveled to: The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, June 7–July 22, 1972; Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, August 15–September 30, 1972; Milwaukee Art Center, Milwaukee, October 20–December 3, 1972.
References
Eastman Johnson letter to E. D. Palmer, January 4, 1864. Albany Institute of History & Art Library, Eastman Johnson artist file, "The Drummer Boy I have not yet painted nor begun, but am making the drawing for it larger…"
Hills, Patricia. Eastman Johnson: Retrospective Exhibition. New York: Clarkson N. Potter, 1972. Exhibition catalogue (1972 Whitney Museum), no. 63, p. 74, illus., as Study for The Wounded Drummer Boy.
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Record last updated December 22, 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 Wounded Drummer Boy, c.1864–71 (Hills no. 10.0.19)." Eastman Johnson Catalogue Raisonné. www.eastmanjohnson.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=113 (accessed on April 19, 2024).