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Eastman Johnson Catalogue Raisonné
Patricia Hills, PhD, Founder and Director | Abigael MacGibeny, MA, Project Manager

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Florence Einstein, c.1890–93 (Hills no. 31.3.25). Portrait of Florence Einstein by Thomas Eakins
Portrait of Florence Einstein by Thomas Eakins
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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

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Hills no. 31.3.25
Florence Einstein
Alternate title: Portrait of Lady Waldstein [sic] (Miss Einstein)
c.1890–93
Oil
17 1/2 x 14 1/2 in. (44.4 x 36.8 cm)
Signed verso on paper label
Present whereabouts unknown
Description / Remarks

MacGibeny, 2021: Johnson portrayed Florence Einstein as a child of nine or ten years old in 1883. Later, she married Theodore David Seligman, and after his death, married Charles Waldstein, who subsequently changed his last name and became Sir Charles Walston, Lord Walston (at which time she became Lady Walston). For a likeness of her as a woman, see the linked portrait by Thomas Eakins.

Provenance
Leonard Hyams, Denville, New Jersey, c. 1940s
Present whereabouts unknown
References
Baur 1938–41c
Baur, John I. H. Notebook X. 1938–41. John I. H. Baur papers, 1946–1979, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, X/228.
Sitter Biography
Sitter: Walston, Florence Einstein Seligman (Mrs. Theodore Seligman, then Lady Walston)
Biography:

Florence Einstein Seligman Walston (1873–1953). Daughter of David Lewis Einstein and Caroline Einstein; sister of Lewis David Einstein (1877–1967); wife of Theodore David Seligman (m. c. 1893; he died 1907) and Sir Charles Walston, Lord Walston (m. 1909; he died 1927)—in 1918, Charles Waldstein changed his last name to Walston.

Walston, Florence Einstein Seligman (Mrs. Theodore Seligman, later Lady Walston)
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Record last updated March 22, 2022. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Hills, Patricia, and Abigael MacGibeny. "Florence Einstein, c.1890–93 (Hills no. 31.3.25)." Eastman Johnson Catalogue Raisonné. www.eastmanjohnson.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=1451 (accessed on May 3, 2024).