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Photo: Frick Art & Historical Center, Pittsburgh
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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.
Provenance
Mr. Joseph Schwartz, New York (acquired directly from the artist)
Mrs. Feldman, his daughter (by descent)
Mr. Joseph Feldman, her nephew (by descent)
Kennedy Galleries, Inc., New York, 1961
Katherine McCook Knox, Washington, District of Columbia, by 1972 (by purchase)
Helen Clay Frick, Pittsburgh, 1983 (by bequest)
Helen Clay Frick Foundation, Pittsburgh, 1984 (by bequest)
Frick Art & Historical Center, Pittsburgh, 1990 (by gift)
Exhibitions
1872b Century Association
Century Association, New York, February 3, 1872, no. 27, [possibly, as The Drummer Boy].1907a Century Association
Century Association, New York, Memorial Exhibition of Eastman Johnson, February 9–13, 1907, [possibly, as The Wounded Drummer Boy].1961 Kennedy Galleries
Kennedy Galleries, New York, Artists of the Civil War, 1961.1972 Whitney Museum
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
Johnson, Eastman 1864a
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 1972a
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.loading
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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 May 2, 2024).