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Photo: Courtesy of Freeman’s Auction
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Inscription
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Verso stretcher
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Verso typed label
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Verso handwritten label
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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. 31.3.11
Sarah Smith Bridgman
Alternate title: Portrait of Mrs. W. H. Bridgman
1872
Oil on canvas
27 1/8 x 22 1/8 in. (68.9 x 56.2 cm)
Signed and dated lower left: E. Johnson/1872
Private collection
Markings
Inscribed on verso, upper stretcher: Eastman Johnson
Labels
Typed label on verso: Portrait, painted/by Eastman/Johnson in 1872,/of Mrs. W. H./Bridgman, nee/Sara Smith. Died/Dec. 9, 1870,/leaving daughter/Mary Thompson/Bridgman, born/Nov. 11, 1870 at/97 Madison Ave.,/(now Altman's/store)New York; married to Rev. A. J. Gammack - /children/Thomas Hubbard,/Ellen Bridgman, M. Gordon, and/James. Thomas H./G. married to/Elizabeth Chace-/daughter Edith.
Handwritten label on verso: Mother Mary Bridgman/Gammack, born Nov. 11/1870/Grandmother Sara/Thompson Bridgman/died Dec. 9, 1870/Painting dated 1872/Ellen B. Gammack 6/25/71/G. Woods, Pacific Grove,/[illegible in photo]
Handwritten label on verso: Mother Mary Bridgman/Gammack, born Nov. 11/1870/Grandmother Sara/Thompson Bridgman/died Dec. 9, 1870/Painting dated 1872/Ellen B. Gammack 6/25/71/G. Woods, Pacific Grove,/[illegible in photo]
Provenance
Sara Smith Bridgman
Private collection, Iowa (by descent)
[Freeman's, Philadelphia, December 3, 2017, American Art & Pennsylvania Impressionists, lot no. 14 (as Portrait of Mrs. W. H. Bridgman)]
Private collection, 2017 (by purchase)
Sitter Biography
Sitter: Bridgman, Sarah Abbott Smith
Biography:
Sarah Abbott Smith Bridgman (1837–1870). Wife of William Henry Bridgman.
Record last updated September 23, 2021. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Hills, Patricia, and Abigael MacGibeny. "Sarah Smith Bridgman, 1872 (Hills no. 31.3.11)." Eastman Johnson Catalogue Raisonné. www.eastmanjohnson.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=1528 (accessed on May 2, 2024).