Eastman Johnson Catalogue Raisonné
Patricia Hills, PhD, Founder and Director | Abigael MacGibeny, MA, Project Manager
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21.1 Girls Indoors

Johnson’s daughter, Ethel, was born in May 1870, and it is not surprising that Johnson would use her (but not exclusively) as a model for the many pictures of young girls in interiors—playing with dolls, warming their hands by a stove, reading, sleeping. Such pictures often include the same furniture, such as the prie dieu (church prayer bench or kneeler) seen in Family Cares and The Tea Party. Because they were genre paintings, not portraits, Johnson freely renders the facial features. Thus, it is not surprising that for paintings done circa 1873, the bodily types of the girls look like three-year-olds; whereas those done circa 1878, look more like eight-years-olds. —PH

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Hills no. 21.1.29
1907 Sale no. 59
In the Land of Nod
Alternate titles: possibly The Sleeping Child; In the Land of Nod, Sleeping Child; Sleeping Child; Sleeping Girl
1879
Oil on academy board
18 1/2 x 21 1/2 in. (47 x 54.6 cm)
Signed and dated lower left: E. Johnson/1879
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Citation: Hills, Patricia, and Abigael MacGibeny. "In the Land of Nod, 1879 (Hills no. 21.1.29)." Eastman Johnson Catalogue Raisonné. www.eastmanjohnson.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=286 (accessed on March 29, 2024).