Eastman Johnson Catalogue Raisonné
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23.0 Children and Pets
A traditional theme in genre painting, but also seen in children’s portraits, are children interacting with their pets. Pets, then and now, were given to children to encourage responsibility and even empathy toward other creatures. Pictures in the theme Maine Haylofts (13.7) also include children and pets. —PH
Hills no. 23.0.3
Baur no. 87
Child and Lamb
Alternate title: Sketch of Child with Lamb
1875
Oil on board
5 1/2 x 6 1/2 in. (14 x 16.5 cm)
Initialed and dated lower left: E.J./- 75
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Provenance
Private collection, Arizona, until August 8, 2024
[Bonhams, August 8, 2024, American Art Online, Property from a Private Collection, Arizona, lot 46]
Exhibitions
Alexander Gallery, New York, American Genre Paintings, February 14–March 14, 1984. (Alexander Gallery 1984), no. 20, illus., as Sketch of Child with Lamb.
References
Baur, John I. H. An American Genre Painter: Eastman Johnson, 1824–1906. Brooklyn, NY: Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, 1940. Exhibition catalogue (1939 Brooklyn Museum), p. 63, no. 87, as Child and Lamb.
American Genre Paintings. New York: Alexander Gallery, 1984. Exhibition catalogue (1984 Alexander Gallery), n.p., no. 20, illus., as Sketch of Child with Lamb.
Hills Examination/Opinion
Examination date(s): 2024-06-27 (Abigael MacGibeny at Bonhams)
Record last updated September 17, 2024. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Hills, Patricia, and Abigael MacGibeny. "Child and Lamb, 1875 (Hills no. 23.0.3)." In Eastman Johnson Catalogue Raisonné. www.eastmanjohnson.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=353 (accessed on October 12, 2024).