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Photo courtesy of Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Nebraska
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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. 23.0.8
Child with a Rabbit
Alternate titles: possibly Child and Rabbit; possibly The Artist's Daughter; Girl with Rabbit
1878
Oil on panel
14 x 11 3/4 in. (35.6 x 29.8 cm)
Signed and dated lower left: E. Johnson/-78
Description / Remarks
Hills, 2021: The girl in this painting likely was modeled by Johnson's daughter, Ethel.
Provenance
Wildenstein and Company, New York, 1943–1946
Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Nebraska, 1946 (by purchase)
Exhibitions
1879b Century Association
Century Association, New York, February 1, 1879, [possibly, as The Artist's Daughter].1907a Century Association
Century Association, New York, Memorial Exhibition of Eastman Johnson, February 9–13, 1907, [possibly, as Child and Rabbit].Related work
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Conkling, Ethel Eastman Johnson (Mrs. Alfred Ronald Conkling, later Mrs. William H. Holden)
Keywords
- Subject matter:
- Rabbits »
Record last updated July 28, 2021. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Hills, Patricia, and Abigael MacGibeny. "Child with a Rabbit, 1878 (Hills no. 23.0.8)." Eastman Johnson Catalogue Raisonné. www.eastmanjohnson.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=359 (accessed on April 19, 2024).