Eastman Johnson Catalogue Raisonné
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31.3 U.S. Portraits, Women
Johnson’s paintings of women are often his best portraits, exhibiting a range of techniques and emphasizing their intelligent faces even when enwrapped in sumptuous fabrics, such as we see in Edwina Booth. —PH
Hills no. 31.3.59
Baur no. 276
Elizabeth Adelaide Phelps Warren
Alternate titles: Mrs. Joseph Mabbett Warren; Mrs. Joseph Mabbett Warren (Elizabeth Adelaide Phelps)
c.1874
Oil on board
9 x 7 in. (22.9 x 17.8 cm)
Initialed lower left: E.J.
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Description/Remarks
Frick Art Reference Library Photoarchive files, catalog no. b11970261, accessed March 16, 2021: "Brown eyes and hair. Black and white dress. Brown background."
References
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), p. 72, no. 276, as Mrs. Joseph Mabbett Warren.
Sitter Biography
Sitter: Warren, Elizabeth Adelaide Phelps (Mrs. Joseph Mabbett Warren)
Biography:
Elizabeth Adelaide Phelps Warren (1815–1891). Daughter of Walter Phelps (1789–1874) and Julia Steele Black (1793–1877). Wife of Joseph Mabbett Warren (m. 1835); mother of three children [Frick Art Reference Library].
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Warren, Elizabeth Adelaide Phelps (Mrs. Joseph Mabbett Warren)
Keywords
- Portrait pose
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Record last updated July 29, 2021. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Hills, Patricia, and Abigael MacGibeny. "Elizabeth Adelaide Phelps Warren, c.1874 (Hills no. 31.3.59)." In Eastman Johnson Catalogue Raisonné. www.eastmanjohnson.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=1246 (accessed on May 1, 2025).