Eastman Johnson Catalogue Raisonné

Patricia Hills, PhD, Founder and Director | Abigael MacGibeny, MA, Project Manager

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[ 36.0 Uncategorized Paintings ]

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36.0 Uncategorized Paintings

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Hills no. 36.0.11

The Tender Passion

Alternate title: Tender Passion

1859

Oil

15 x 18 in. (38.1 x 45.7 cm)

Dated: 1859

Present whereabouts unknown

Provenance

William Thompson Walters, Baltimore, by 1879 until at least 1884 (from the artist)

Present whereabouts unknown

References

Waters and Hutton 1879

Waters, Clara Erskine Clement, and Laurence Hutton. Artists of the Nineteenth Century and Their Works. Vol. II. Boston: Houghton, Osgood, & Co., 1879, p. 12, as Tender Passion.

Townsend 1884

Townsend, James B. "The Walters' Galleries." The Decorator and Furnisher (New York) 4 (April 1, 1884), p. 10: "…two strong Eastman Johnson's [sic] 'The Tender Passion' and 'A Spanish Woman,' testify for American genre painters…," as The Tender Passion.

Walters 1884

Walters, W. T. Collection of W. T. Walters, 65 Mt. Vernon Place, Baltimore. Baltimore: I. Friedenwald, 1884, p. 80, no. 133, as The Tender Passion, 15 x 18. From the Artist. Dated 1859.

Waters and Hutton 1884

Waters, Clara Erskine Clement, and Laurence Hutton. Artists of the Nineteenth Century and Their Works. Vol. II. Boston: James R. Osgood, 1884, p. 12, as Tender Passion.

Champlin and Perkins 1886

Champlin, John Denison, Jr., and Charles C. Perkins. Cyclopedia of Painters and Paintings. Vol. 2. New York: C. Scribner's Sons, 1886, p. 351, as Tender Passion, 1859, W. T. Walters, Baltimore.

New York Times 1888

"Mr. Walters's Galleries: The Pictures Which Now Form His Beautiful Collection." New York Times, January 28, 1888, p. 5: "The pictures that have disappeared from the galleries are 'A Misty Morning,' by Van Marke [sic], 'A Landscape," by Theodore Rousseau, 'The Tender Passion' by Eastman Johnson, and the 'Sailor's Wedding,' by R. C. Woodville," as The Tender Passion.

Record last updated October 14, 2021. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.

Citation: Hills, Patricia, and Abigael MacGibeny. "The Tender Passion, 1859 (Hills no. 36.0.11)." Eastman Johnson Catalogue Raisonné. www.eastmanjohnson.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=489 (accessed on May 2, 2024).