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Photo: Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul, MN
Photo: Patricia Hills
Photo: Patricia Hills
Photo: Patricia Hills
Photo: Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul, MN
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45.1 U.S. Later Portrait Drawings, Men
When Johnson returned from Europe late in 1855 and moved in with his family in Washington, D.C., he began receiving portrait commissions. Like those done earlier, Johnson generally used charcoal (named in some records as black chalk) with touches of white and created a strong chiaroscuro for his sitters. Gradually he moved away from the strong chiaroscuro style he had been using, and his later portraits tend to be sketchier (as was the taste in art at the time) but no less professional. He used pastel to bring in color in some of these portraits. —PH
Hills no. 45.1.29
Orrin Wheeler Rice
1857, July
Locale: Minnesota Territory
Charcoal and white crayon on paper
20 x 16 3/8 in. (50.8 x 41.6 cm) (sight)
Signed and dated lower right, at an angle: E. Johnson / July 1857
Labels
Label on verso: Donor: Mrs. Esther C. Rice/715 S. Garondolet St./Los Angeles 5, Calif./May, 1956
Provenance
Mrs. Esther C. Rice, Los Angeles, by May 1956
Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul, Minnesota, May 1956 (by gift)
Hills Examination / Opinion
Examination date(s): May 15, 2019 (Minnesota Historical Society)
Examination notes: Highlights on collar, nose, forehead and pinpricks on eyes.
Delicate face. Stump on hair over his left ear.
Delicate face. Stump on hair over his left ear.
Sitter Biography
Sitter: Rice, Orrin Wheeler
Biography:
Orrin Wheeler Rice (1829–1859). Son of Edmund Rice and husband of Elizabeth Rice, both of whom also were portrayed by Johnson.
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Record last updated March 28, 2022. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Hills, Patricia, and Abigael MacGibeny. "Orrin Wheeler Rice, 1857, July (Hills no. 45.1.29)." Eastman Johnson Catalogue Raisonné. www.eastmanjohnson.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=1130 (accessed on April 28, 2024).