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Photo: Patricia Hills
⊠48.0 Prints by Johnson
Johnson’s early art training included working in a Boston lithography shop, and hence he knew how to draw on the stone before paper was laid over it and printed. In The Hague, where numerous lithography shops were at his disposal, several of his portraits were executed as lithographs. —PH
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Hills no. 48.0.2
Margaret Cornelia Winthrop Folsom
Metropolitan Museum of Art title: Margaret Winthrop Folsom
c.1851–53
Lithograph with tintstone, black ink on wove paper
Image: 16 x 12 1/2 in. (40.6 x 31.8 cm)
Sheet: 21 7/16 x 16 15/16 in. (54.5 x 43 cm) (oval))
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References
Kaskell, Joan Macy. "Eastman Johnson, Lithographer." Imprint (Spring 1997), pp. 11–15, illus., as
Margaret Winthrop Folsom.
Hills Examination / Opinion
Examination date(s): November 3, 2016
Examination notes: Delicate lacy cap. Delicate line showing fold in cheek plus crosshatching; heavier lines on ribbon. Dress beneath. Band of reflected light under chin. Poor condition.
Sitter Biography
Sitter: Folsom, Margaret Cornelia Winthrop
Biography: Margaret Cornelia Winthrop Folsom (1800–1863). Wife of George Folsom (Chargé d’Affaires to the Netherlands, 1850–1853, when Johnson lived in The Hague, the Netherlands); mother of Margaret Winthrop, Helen Stuyvesant, and George Winthrop (all portrayed by Johnson).
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Record last updated April 1, 2022. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Hills, Patricia, and Abigael MacGibeny. "Margaret Cornelia Winthrop Folsom, c.1851–53 (Hills no. 48.0.2)." Eastman Johnson Catalogue Raisonné. www.eastmanjohnson.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=1457 (accessed on April 20, 2024).