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35.0 Paintings by Johnson with a Later Additional Hand
Paintings by Johnson with a Later Additional Hand are not collaborations, but tend to be heavily restored paintings. They have been overpainted since their original creation to such an extent that another hand is visible in the work. The heaviest restorations are seen in three portraits currently or formerly owned by The Brook, New York, which are believed to have been left unfinished at the time of Johnson’s death and subsequently completed by painter, printmaker, and art restorer Charles X. Harris (1854–1936).
Hills no. 35.0.3
Nathan H. Manter
Alternate titles: Captain Nathan Manter (after Eastman Johnson); Old Man Looking Left; Old Man Looking Up; Portrait of a Man
c.1873–78
Locale: Nantucket, Massachusetts
Oil on canvas
21 x 16 in. (53.3 x 40.6 cm)
Initialed lower right: E.J.
Description / Remarks
Hills, 2021: When examined under an ultraviolet light, we see the painting is heavily restored. The date of the restoration is unknown.
Markings
Inscribed on verso of frame, in ink: NYQ176B; verso, in red ink: 141CCAA19P
Labels
Sticker in verso, lower left: 141/CCAA
Provenance
Robert P. Coggins, Marietta, Georgia, by 1982 until at least 1983 (as Captain Nathan Manter, after Eastman Johnson)
Present whereabouts unknown
Hills Examination / Opinion
Examination date(s): 1981-03 (at Christie's); 1982-11-26 (at Christie's); 1983-05-13 (at Vose)
Examination notes: Without light: heavy brushstrokes - long dabs of paint.
Verso sticker LL: 141/CCAA
In ink on frame verso: NYQ176B
In red ink on back: 141CCAA19P
Verso sticker LL: 141/CCAA
In ink on frame verso: NYQ176B
In red ink on back: 141CCAA19P
Manter, Nathan H.
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Record last updated May 16, 2022. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Hills, Patricia, and Abigael MacGibeny. "Nathan H. Manter, c.1873–78 (Hills no. 35.0.3)." Eastman Johnson Catalogue Raisonné. www.eastmanjohnson.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=31 (accessed on May 7, 2024).