New York:
National Academy of Design,
1868.
Exhibition catalogue (1868 NAD), no. 366 [possibly, as
The Boy Lincoln]
.
"Fine Arts: Academy of Design." The Albion (New York) (May 16, 1868), p. 273 [possibly, as
The Boy Lincoln]
.
"Sales of Messrs. Prang and Frost's Collection of Paintings." New York Times,
March 20, 1870, p. 8 [possibly, as
Boyhood of Lincoln]
.
"Mr. Prang's Collection of Paintings." New-York Daily Tribune,
March 19, 1870, p. 4 [possibly, as
Boyhood of Lincoln]: "Further off, occupying a conspicuous place, hung the well-known 'Boyhood of Lincoln,' Mr. Johnson's original picture, but not the one from which the chromo was taken."
Catalogue of Mr. Louis Prang's Collection of Paintings: Comprising Most of the Originals after which His Celebrated Chromos Were Executed, Together with Other Works of Art, American and Foreign, from several Private Galleries. New York:
Leeds Art Galleries,
March 15–16, 1870.
Sale catalogue, p. 25, no. 139 [possibly, as
The Boyhood of Lincoln]: "This picture formed the main attraction of the 43rd Academy Exhibition, (1868)."
Catalogue of Paintings & Statuary. Coldwater, MI:
Lewis Art Gallery,
1875.
Exhibition catalogue (1875 Lewis Art Gallery), no. 550, as
The Boyhood of Abraham Lincoln.
Walton, William. "Eastman Johnson, Painter." Scribner's Magazine (September 1906), p. 272
.
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), pp. 41, 63, no. 83, illus., as
Boyhood of Lincoln.
Hills, Patricia. Eastman Johnson: Retrospective Exhibition. New York:
Clarkson N. Potter,
1972.
Exhibition catalogue (1972 Whitney Museum), p. 48, no. 57, illus., as
Boyhood of Lincoln.
Carbone, Teresa A., and Patricia Hills. Eastman Johnson: Painting America. Brooklyn, NY:
Brooklyn Museum of Art, in association with Rizzoli International Publications,
1999.
Exhibition catalogue (1999 Brooklyn Museum), p. 171, fig. 73, as
The Boy Lincoln.