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31.5 U.S. Portraits, Children and Adolescents
Johnson’s portraits of children and adolescents were often part of a larger commission to paint whole families. In some instances, the children had died and their parents wished to have a reminder of their loved ones. —PH
Description / Remarks
MacGibeny, 2021: George F. Porter, son of Henry H. Porter, Chicago railroad pioneer and owner and steel company founder, was born in 1881 and would have been approximately five years old in this portrait.
Provenance
Henry H. Porter, Chicago, father of the sitter, by 1895
Present whereabouts unknown
Exhibitions
1895 Art Institute of Chicago
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Loan Exhibition of Portraits of Men, Women, and Children, January 2–15, 1895, no. 286, as George F. Porter, owner H. H. Porter, Chicago.References
Douglass 1999
Douglass, Julie M. "Lifetime Exhibition History." In Eastman Johnson: Painting America, by Teresa A. Carbone and Patricia Hills. Brooklyn, NY: Brooklyn Museum of Art, in association with Rizzoli International Publications, 1999. Exhibition catalogue, p. 265, as George F. Porter.Sitter Biography
Sitter: Porter, George F.
Biography:
George F. Porter (July 26, 1881–February 23, 1927). Artist, patron of the arts, and minor railroad magnate. Son of Henry H. Porter, Chicago railroad pioneer and owner and steel company founder; brother of Henry H. Porter, Jr. George would have been approximately five years old in Johnson’s portrait.
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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. "George F. Porter, 1886 (Hills no. 31.5.12)." Eastman Johnson Catalogue Raisonné. www.eastmanjohnson.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=1557 (accessed on May 3, 2024).