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20.1 Boys Indoors
Young boys have been a traditional staples of genre painting. To patrons of art during the mid-nineteenth century these youths recalled memories of their own growing years in which innocence was becoming more and more modified by mischievous cunning. —PH
Hills no. 20.1.12
The Bowl of Porridge
Alternate titles: possibly A New England Boy at Breakfast; possibly New England Boy at Breakfast; Supper
1862
Oil on board
12 1/4 x 9 1/2 in. (31.1 x 24.1 cm)
Signed and dated lower left: E. Johnson '62
Description / Remarks
MacGibeny, 2021: Given its subject matter, this painting may be the same as New England Boy at Breakfast.
Provenance
Possibly John Taylor Johnston, New York, by 1867
[Possibly Samuel P. Avery, New York, November 29, 1876, Chickering Hall, The Collection of Paintings, Drawings, and Statuary, the Property of John Taylor Johnston, Esq., no. 10 (as A New England Boy at Breakfast)]
Possibly Josiah M. Fiske, New York, November 29, 1876 (by purchase)
[Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, April 17, 1975, lot 47 (as The Bowl of Porridge)]
Private collection, April 17, 1975 (by purchase)
Present whereabouts unknown
References
Tuckerman 1867
Tuckerman, Henry T. Book of the American Artists: American Artist Life. New York: G. P. Putnam & Son, 1867, p. 624 [possibly, as New England Boy at Breakfast, Collection of John Taylor Johnston, Esq, N. Y.]Avery 1876
Avery, Samuel P. The Collection of Paintings, Drawings, and Statuary, the Property of John Taylor Johnston, Esq. New York, 1876. Sale catalogue, p. 10, no. 10 [possibly, as A New England Boy at Breakfast].Waters and Hutton 1879
Waters, Clara Erskine Clement, and Laurence Hutton. Artists of the Nineteenth Century and Their Works. Vol. II. Boston: Houghton, Osgood, & Co., 1879, p. 12 [possibly, as New England Boy at Breakfast].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. "The Bowl of Porridge, 1862 (Hills no. 20.1.12)." Eastman Johnson Catalogue Raisonné. www.eastmanjohnson.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=244 (accessed on May 3, 2024).