Eastman Johnson Catalogue Raisonné
Patricia Hills, PhD, Founder and Director | Abigael MacGibeny, MA, Project Manager
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Photo: Michael McKelvey, Courtesy of Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia
27.0 Literary/Historical

In addition to his scenes of everyday life and portraits of people, Johnson created images of historical events and figures from works of literature, drama, and music. For example, “Carry Me, and I’ll Drum You Through” was inspired by an incident from the Battle of Antietam, 1862, and Membership Vote at the Union League Club, May 11, 1876, recorded a contentious meeting in which he participated much later. His Marguerite, Cosette, and Minnehaha are personifications of fictional heroines from novels and poetry. His Boy Lincoln represents both the future United States president and the archetypical American youth who, with determination and hard work, could succeed. Johnson rendered several of these imaginative images as both paintings and drawings. These literary and historical works evince both his personal interest in those subjects and his awareness of their popularity with the broad public. —AM

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Hills no. 27.0.21
Baur no. 122 / 1907 Sale no. 112
Milton
Georgia Museum of Art title: Study for Milton Dictating "Paradise Lost" to His Daughters
Alternate titles: Study for Milton; The Blind Milton
c.1875–76
Oil on academy board
18 5/8 x 14 5/8 in. (47.3 x 37.1 cm)
Initialed lower left in red: E. J.
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Record last updated July 26, 2021. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Hills, Patricia, and Abigael MacGibeny. "Milton, c.1875–76 (Hills no. 27.0.21)." Eastman Johnson Catalogue Raisonné. www.eastmanjohnson.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=466 (accessed on March 29, 2024).