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. 23.0.10
Baur no. 108
Girl with Rabbits
Alternate titles: possibly Child with Rabbits; possibly Girl and Rabbits; possibly The Artist's Daughter
c.1878
Oil on academy board
11 1/2 x 6 1/2 in. (29.2 x 16.5 cm)
Initialed lower left: E. J.
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Description/Remarks
Baur 1940, p. 64: "The Girl is Ethel, Johnson's daughter."
Exhibitions
Century Association, New York, June 1, 1878, [possibly, as Child with Rabbits].
Century Association, New York, February 1, 1879, [possibly, as The Artist's Daughter].
Century Association, New York, Memorial Exhibition of Eastman Johnson, February 9–13, 1907, [possibly, as Girl and Rabbits].
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. 64, no. 108, as Girl with Rabbits.
Conkling, Ethel Eastman Johnson (Mrs. Alfred Ronald Conkling, later Mrs. William H. Holden)
Keywords
- Subject matter
: - Rabbits »
Record last updated December 7, 2022. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Hills, Patricia, and Abigael MacGibeny. "Girl with Rabbits, c.1878 (Hills no. 23.0.10)." In Eastman Johnson Catalogue Raisonné. www.eastmanjohnson.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=362 (accessed on May 1, 2025).