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⊠25.2 Women Outdoors
Johnson’s wife, Elizabeth, no doubt turned his attention to representations of women alone—either in interiors or outside. Such women are often lost in thought and suggest sentient beings with an inner life. In my interviews with descendants of Johnson’s siblings, she is presented as an independent woman. Johnson painted her portrait in which she assumes the posture of a woman who thinks on her own (also see theme 31.3). —PH
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Hills no. 25.2.4
The Pet Lamb
Alternate titles: possibly Feeding the Lamb; Lady Feeding a Lamb
1873
Oil on board
13 x 18 in. (33 x 45.7 cm)
Signed and dated lower left: E. Johnson/1873
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Inscribed verso: Mrs A.J/Madlener/386; Pullman [twice]; #20; #58144
Exhibitions
Century Association, New York, May 1873, no. 26, [possibly, as
The Pet Lamb]
.
Chicago Inter-State Industrial Exposition, Chicago, 1876, no. 411, as
The Pet Lamb, owner Geo. M. Pullman
.
Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown, New York, American Masterworks, April 2–December 29, 2024, as
The Pet Lamb.
References
Cincinnati Industrial Exposition. Exhibition of Paintings, Engravings, Drawing, Aquarelles, and Works of Household Art in the Cincinnati Industrial Exposition. Cincinnati, OH:
Robert Clarke & Co.,
1873.
Exhibition catalogue (1873 Cincinnati Industrial Exposition), [possibly, as
Feeding the Lamb]
.
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, pp. 261, 262
.
Hills Examination/Opinion
Examination date(s): 2014-03-28
Examination notes: Beautiful painting. Graphite lines along lamb's legs, along sleeve of her jacket. Soft face, cherry lips. Engraving follows exactly the painting. Weeds against a generalized background. Texture of the board comes through in dress area. Thinly painted. Sky typical—"scrubbed on."
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The Pet Lamb [engraving and etching by Robert Hinshelwood; published by Charles Klackner]
1874
Engraving and etching on paper
Image: 11 x 15 in. (27.9 x 38.1 cm)
Sheet: 15 1/4 x 18 1/4 in. (38.7 x 46.4 cm)
Below plate, lower left, in script: Eastman Johnson; lower right, in script: The Pet Lamb; lower center, printed: COPYRIGHT 1874 by R. E. MOORE; lower edge center, in script: Published by C. Klackner 17 E. 17th St. New York
Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute, Utica, New York
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Record last updated June 30, 2024. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Hills, Patricia, and Abigael MacGibeny. "The Pet Lamb, 1873 (Hills no. 25.2.4)." In Eastman Johnson Catalogue Raisonné. www.eastmanjohnson.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=1194 (accessed on October 3, 2024).
