Eastman Johnson Catalogue Raisonné
Patricia Hills, PhD, Founder and Director | Abigael MacGibeny, MA, Project Manager
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Membership Vote at the Union League Club, May 11, 1876, 1876, May 11 (Hills no. 27.0.24). Overall
Overall
Photo: Patricia Hills
Membership Vote at the Union League Club, May 11, 1876, 1876, May 11 (Hills no. 27.0.24). Inscription
Inscription
Photo: Patricia Hills
Membership Vote at the Union League Club, May 11, 1876, 1876, May 11 (Hills no. 27.0.24). Verso
Verso
Photo: Patricia Hills
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. 27.0.24
Membership Vote at the Union League Club, May 11, 1876
Alternate titles: Interior Scene with a Group of Men; Nantucket Interior; Nantucket Philosophers; Study for The Nantucket School of Philosophy [incorrect]
1876, May 11
Oil on board
6 5/8 x 10 5/8 in. (16.8 x 27 cm)
Initialed and dated lower left: E. J./5-11-76.
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Citation: Hills, Patricia, and Abigael MacGibeny. "Membership Vote at the Union League Club, May 11, 1876, 1876, May 11 (Hills no. 27.0.24)." Eastman Johnson Catalogue Raisonné. www.eastmanjohnson.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=481 (accessed on March 29, 2024).