Eastman Johnson Catalogue Raisonné
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25.2 Women Outdoors
Johnson’s wife, Elizabeth, no doubt turned his attention to representations of women alone—either in interiors or outside. Such women are often lost in thought and suggest sentient beings with an inner life. In my interviews with descendants of Johnson’s siblings, she is presented as an independent woman. Johnson painted her portrait in which she assumes the posture of a woman who thinks on her own (also see theme 31.3). —PH
Hills no. 25.2.7
Study for Lambs, Nantucket
c.1874
Locale: Nantucket, Massachusetts
Oil on board
9 1/8 x 6 7/8 in. (23.2 x 17.5 cm)
Inscribed verso, likely in Johnson's hand: Mrs. Eastman Johnson/and her lamb/painted by her husband/at Nantucket
Description / Remarks
Hills, 2021: Johnson used his wife Elizabeth as a model for this and other genre scenes.
Provenance
Walter Edmonds, husband of the artist's niece Sarah May (daughter of the artist's sister Harriet)
John Edmonds, son of the above
Nick Edmonds, Sharon, Massachusetts, son of the above, by 1998 (by bequest)
Hills Examination / Opinion
Examination date(s): 1998-02
Sitter Biography
Sitter: Johnson, Elizabeth Williams Buckley (Mrs. Eastman Johnson)
Biography:
Elizabeth Williams Buckley Johnson (1838–1927). Born in Troy, New York to Phineas Henry Buckley (1800–1866) and Phebe McCoun (1803–1838). Wife of Johnson (m. 1869); mother of Ethel Eastman Johnson Conkling.
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Johnson, Elizabeth Williams Buckley (Mrs. Eastman Johnson)
Keywords
- Subject matter:
- Sheep »
Record last updated July 29, 2021. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Hills, Patricia, and Abigael MacGibeny. "Study for Lambs, Nantucket, c.1874 (Hills no. 25.2.7)." Eastman Johnson Catalogue Raisonné. www.eastmanjohnson.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=340 (accessed on April 23, 2024).