Eastman Johnson Catalogue Raisonné
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31.6 U.S. Portraits, Children and Adolescents, Unidentified
The identities of the children and adolescents in these portraits have not yet been confirmed. However, the paintings are known or believed to have been done in the United States based on factors including their style, inscribed dates, and the appearance of the sitters when images are available. Johnson painted the vast majority of his oil portraits after he returned to the United States from Europe in 1855. —AM
Hills no. 31.6.1
1907 Sale no. 125
Priscilla
c.1880–85
Oil
26 x 22 in. (66 x 55.9 cm)
Initialed lower left: E. J.
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Description/Remarks
Hills, 2022: Although John I. H. Baur owned and annotated a copy of the catalogue of Johnson's 1907 Estate Sale, he did not include this work in his own 1940 catalogue listing; he must have obtained it after publication.
1907 Estate Sale 
No. 125: "This is a life-size study of the head and shoulders of a little girl, almost in full face, her dark eyes looking straight at the spectator, and her lips slightly parted. A mass of dark brown hair frames her chubby face, and she wears a broad, dull red hat with white feather and a white pinafore over a pink jacket. The background is a warm tone of gray, and the figure is lighted from the upper left."
"Signed at the lower left, E. J.
Height, 26 inches; width, 22 inches."
[Annotation: “25.00”]
"Signed at the lower left, E. J.
Height, 26 inches; width, 22 inches."
[Annotation: “25.00”]
Exhibitions
Century Association, New York, Memorial Exhibition of Eastman Johnson, February 9–13, 1907, as Priscilla.
References
Catalogue of Finished Pictures, Studies, and Drawings by the Late Eastman Johnson, N.A. New York: American Art Association, February 1907. Sale catalogue, n.p., no. 125, as Priscilla.
Douglass, Julie M. "Lifetime Exhibition History." In Eastman Johnson: Painting America, by Teresa A. Carbone and Patricia Hills. Brooklyn, NY: Brooklyn Museum of Art, in association with Rizzoli International Publications, 1999. Exhibition catalogue, p. 266, as Priscilla.
Keywords
- Portrait pose
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Record last updated April 7, 2022. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Hills, Patricia, and Abigael MacGibeny. "Priscilla, c.1880–85 (Hills no. 31.6.1)." In Eastman Johnson Catalogue Raisonné. www.eastmanjohnson.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=1165 (accessed on May 1, 2025).