Eastman Johnson Catalogue Raisonné
Patricia Hills, PhD, Founder and Director | Abigael MacGibeny, MA, Project Manager
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The Post Boy, 1861 (Hills no. 20.1.7). Frame
Frame
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The Post Boy, 1861 (Hills no. 20.1.7). Overall, partial frame
Overall, partial frame
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The Post Boy, 1861 (Hills no. 20.1.7). Detail
Detail
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The Post Boy, 1861 (Hills no. 20.1.7). Inscription
Inscription
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The Post Boy, 1861 (Hills no. 20.1.7). Verso
Verso
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The Post Boy, 1861 (Hills no. 20.1.7). Verso detail
Verso detail
Photo: DuMouchelles Art Galleries, Detroit, MI
The Post Boy, 1861 (Hills no. 20.1.7). Verso detail
Verso detail
Photo: DuMouchelles Art Galleries, Detroit, MI
The Post Boy, 1861 (Hills no. 20.1.7). Verso detail
Verso detail
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The Post Boy, 1861 (Hills no. 20.1.7). Verso with backing board
Verso with backing board
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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

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Hills no. 20.1.7
The Post Boy
Alternate titles: possibly The Postboy; possibly The Red Hot Stove; Cold Fingers and Toes
1861
Oil on canvas
10 1/4 x 8 1/4 in. (26 x 21 cm)
Signed and dated lower right: E Johnson/1861
Private Collection, Nantucket, MA
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Record last updated March 24, 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 Post Boy, 1861 (Hills no. 20.1.7)." Eastman Johnson Catalogue Raisonné. www.eastmanjohnson.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=246 (accessed on March 28, 2024).