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43.2 U.S. Early Portrait Drawings, Men, Unidentified
The men 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. 43.2.6
Baur no. 350
The Young Doctor
Alternate titles: Mr. D.; Portrait of Mr. D.; Young Man
c.1846–48
Locale: Likely Washington, D.C.
Charcoal with black and white chalk on brown wove paper
21 7/16 x 14 15/16 in. (54.5 x 36.4 cm)
Signed lower right verso, in graphite: E. Johnson; inscribed lower right verso, in graphite, by unknown hand: R. / $75; lower left verso, in graphite, by unknown hand: A635; lower center verso, in graphite: Young Man
Description / Remarks
MacGibeny, 2022: Both this portrait and Seated Study of M. D. are titled Mr. D. in Baur 1940, although the sitters appear to be different people. The confusion likely stemmed from records that John I. H. Baur consulted at the Frick Art Reference Library that were corrected later.
Provenance
Eastman Johnson estate/Mrs. Eastman Johnson, New York, 1906 (by bequest)
Albert Rosenthal, New Hope, Pennsylvania
John Davis Hatch, by 1937 until 1979
National Gallery of Art, Washington, District of Columbia, 1979 (by gift)
Exhibitions
1937 Phillips Memorial Gallery
Phillips Memorial Gallery, Washington, D.C., Drawings by American Artists of Past and Present, from the collection of John David Hatch Jr., February 8–28, 1937. (Exhibition catalogue: Phillips Memorial Gallery 1937), no. 13, as Portrait of Mr. D. lent by John Davis Hatch, Jr.1939 Brooklyn Museum
Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, New York, An American Genre Painter: Eastman Johnson, 1824–1906, January 18, 1939–February 26, 1940. (Exhibition catalogue: Baur 1940), no. 350, as Mr. D. lent by John Davis Hatch, Jr.1975 Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts, The American Face and Figure, 1975. (Exhibition catalogue: University of Rhode Island 1975), unnumbered, as The Young Doctor, lent by John Davis Hatch, Jr. Traveled to: University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island.1976 National Gallery of Ireland
National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin, 100 American Drawings, Loan Exhibition from the Collection of John Davis Hatch, September 7–October 8, 1976. (Exhibition catalogue: Hatch and Burger 1976); (Exhibition catalogue: Heim Gallery 1976), no. 59, as The Young Doctor. Traveled to: Heim Gallery, London, October 14–November 12, 1976.References
Phillips Memorial Gallery 1937
Drawings by American Artists of Past and Present. Washington, DC: Phillips Memorial Gallery, 1937. Exhibition brochure (1937 Phillips Memorial Gallery), n.p., no. 13, as Portrait of Mr. D.Baur 1940
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), pp. 33, 76, no. 350, as Mr. D. 21 1/4 x 14 7/8 in. [incorrect, taken from Frick Art Reference Library record which was incorrect at that time].University of Rhode Island 1975
The American Face and Figure. Kingston, RI: University of Rhode Island, 1975. Exhibition catalogue (1975 Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute), n.p., unnumbered, as The Young Doctor.Heim Gallery 1976
100 American Drawings. London: Heim Gallery, 1976. Exhibition catalogue (1976 National Gallery of Ireland), no. 59, Pl. 61.Related work
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Keywords
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Record last updated April 4, 2022. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Hills, Patricia, and Abigael MacGibeny. "The Young Doctor, c.1846–48 (Hills no. 43.2.6)." Eastman Johnson Catalogue Raisonné. www.eastmanjohnson.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=1140 (accessed on May 7, 2024).