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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
Hills no. 31.5.14
Alden Sampson II [likely]
Alternate titles: likely Portrait of a Boy; Master Sampson
c.1889
Oil
[dimensions unknown]
Provenance
Elijah Pope Sampson, father of the sitter, by 1889
Mrs. Elijah Pope Sampson, his wife, by 1895
Present whereabouts unknown
Exhibitions
1889 NAD
National Academy of Design, New York, April 1–May 11, 1889, no. 246, [likely, as Portrait of a Boy, owner E. Pope Sampson].1895 NAD
National Academy of Design, New York, Loan Exhibition of Portraits for the Benefit of St. John's Guild and the Orthopaedic Hospital, October 13–December 7, 1895. (NAD 1895), no. 181, as Master Sampson, owner Mrs. E. Pope Sampson.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, pp. 264–265, as Master Sampson.Sitter Biography
Sitter: Sampson, Master (likely Alden II)
Biography:
Likely Alden Sampson II (1879–1909). Youngest son of Elijah Pope Sampson, who would have been ten years old at the time of the first known exhibition of Johnson's portrait Master Sampson.
Keywords
- Portrait pose:
Record last updated July 28, 2021. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Hills, Patricia, and Abigael MacGibeny. "Alden Sampson II [likely], c.1889 (Hills no. 31.5.14)." Eastman Johnson Catalogue Raisonné. www.eastmanjohnson.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=1560 (accessed on May 5, 2024).