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⊠27.0 Literary/Historical
In addition to his scenes of everyday life and portraits of people, Johnson created images of historical events and figures from works of literature, drama, and music. For example, “Carry Me, and I’ll Drum You Through” was inspired by an incident from the Battle of Antietam, 1862, and Membership Vote at the Union League Club, May 11, 1876, recorded a contentious meeting in which he participated much later. His Marguerite, Cosette, and Minnehaha are personifications of fictional heroines from novels and poetry. His Boy Lincoln represents both the future United States president and the archetypical American youth who, with determination and hard work, could succeed. Johnson rendered several of these imaginative images as both paintings and drawings. These literary and historical works evince both his personal interest in those subjects and his awareness of their popularity with the broad public. —AM
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Hills no. 27.0.8
Cosette
Alternate titles: Cachette; The Cochette; Young Girl Reclining
c.1867
Oil on board
6 1/4 x 8 1/2 in. (15.9 x 21.6 cm)
Signed lower center: E. Johnson
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Labels
Label on verso: The Cochette
Exhibitions
Chicago Interstate Industrial Exposition, Chicago, 1875, no. 142, as
Cosette.
References
Official Catalogue of the Art Galleries. Cincinnati, OH:
Printed and stereotyped by Robert Clarke & Co.,
1874.
Exhibition catalogue (1874 Cincinnati Industrial Exposition), pp. 5, 43, no. 5, as
Cosette, East Room. "For Sale, $200. Doll & Richards, Boston."
Douglass, Julie M. "Lifetime Exhibition History." In
Eastman Johnson: Painting America,
by Teresa A. Carbone and Patricia Hills.
Brooklyn, NY:
Brooklyn Museum of Art, in association with Rizzoli International Publications,
1999.
Exhibition catalogue, p. 261, as
Cosette.
Hills Examination / Opinion
Examination date(s): 1980-04-24
Examination notes: 1996-11-09 (written on back of Christie's letter): Nice. Face: drawing nice—graphite line, thinly painted on edges. Face—very grey. Hand nicely drawn. Highlights on studs; blue-grey along edge of loveseat. Turquoise on throw—thinly painted—allowing red upholstery to show through.
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Record last updated March 26, 2022. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Hills, Patricia, and Abigael MacGibeny. "Cosette, c.1867 (Hills no. 27.0.8)." Eastman Johnson Catalogue Raisonné. www.eastmanjohnson.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=317 (accessed on April 26, 2024).