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Eastman Johnson Catalogue Raisonné
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Margaret Cornelia Winthrop Folsom, c.1851–53 (Hills no. 48.0.2). Detail
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Margaret Cornelia Winthrop Folsom, c.1851–53 (Hills no. 48.0.2). Detail
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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
Locale: The Hague, the Netherlands
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))
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Frances Macy Thayer and Joan Macy Kaskell, 1982 (1982.1165.2)
Description / Remarks

Hills, 2022: Johnson had learned lithography in the mid-1840s when he studied at Bufford’s print shop in Boston. Since there were lithography establishments in the Netherlands, he continued this craft for some of his portraits.

Provenance
Joan Macy Kaskell and Frances Macy Thayer (great-grand-daughters of the subject), until 1982 (by descent)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1982 (by gift)
References
Kaskell 1997
Kaskell, Joan Macy. "Eastman Johnson, Lithographer." Imprint 22, no. 1 (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 19, 2024).