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39.1 U.S. Figure & Landscape Sketches
When he returned to the United States in 1856, Johnson continued to make graphite pencil sketches in notebooks. Those that have survived time generally relate to paintings he did later, such as the many sketches of Nantucket characters or for paintings he was contemplating doing in the future. —PH
Hills no. 39.1.10v
Sketch of Soldier [verso of Study for "The Wounded Drummer Boy"]
c.1864–71
Graphite on laminated paperboard
21 7/16 x 16 3/4 in. (54.5 x 42.5 cm)
Markings
Markings on verso: upper left: 4705[?]/47055; upper center-right: CA3639/A4856; upper right, in orange: 59.9; center left, between arrows: 10 3/4
Labels
Label on verso, upper left: 5.16.50 A1/Richardson
Provenance
Mrs. E. P. Richardson, by 1958
M. Knoedler & Co., New York, until January 8, 1959
Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York, January 8, 1959 (by purchase)
References
Johnson, Eastman 1864a
Eastman Johnson letter to E. D. Palmer, January 4, 1864. Albany Institute of History & Art Library, Eastman Johnson artist file, "The Drummer Boy I have not yet painted nor begun, but am making the drawing for it larger…"Hills Examination / Opinion
Examination date(s): September 3, 1970
Record last updated March 28, 2022. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Hills, Patricia, and Abigael MacGibeny. "Sketch of Soldier [verso of Study for "The Wounded Drummer Boy"], c.1864–71 (Hills no. 39.1.10v)." Eastman Johnson Catalogue Raisonné. www.eastmanjohnson.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=1606 (accessed on May 18, 2024).