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Eastman Johnson Catalogue Raisonné
Patricia Hills, PhD, Founder and Director | Abigael MacGibeny, MA, Project Manager

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The Joseph Mabbett Warren Family, c.1874 (Hills no. 31.7.16). Verso
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31.7 U.S. Portraits, Groups

Some of Johnson’s most memorable paintings were his small scale compositions of family groups. Such works as these, traditionally called “conversation pieces,” trace their pedigree to England and seventeenth-century Holland. They were commissioned group portraits of wealthy patrons as they wanted to be seen, usually surrounded by sumptuous furnishing and a coterie of family and friends. —PH

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Hills no. 31.7.16
The Joseph Mabbett Warren Family
Alternate titles: Study for "Joseph Warren Mabbett Family"; Study for The Warren Family of Troy, New York; Study for Warren Family
c.1874
Oil on panel
4 15/16 x 6 3/16 in. (11 x 15.7 cm)
Recto: no inscription visible; verso: signature, not clearly visible
David Saunders, New York
Markings
Label on verso: Abram Lerner
Provenance
Abram Lerner, 1958 (by purchase)
David Saunders, New York (by purchase)
Christie's, September 25, 2008, lot 16 (as Study for "Joseph Mabbett Warren Family"); did not sell
David Saunders, New York
Hills Examination / Opinion
Examination date(s): 2008-02-15
Hills opinion letter: February 29, 2008 view »
Sitter Biography
Sitter: Warren, Joseph Mabbett
Biography:

Joseph Mabbett Warren (1813–1896). Son of Stephen Warren (1783–1847) and Martha Cornell Mabbett (1791–1879). Husband of Elizabeth Adelaide Phelps Warren (1815–1891, m. 1835); father of three children [Adapted from Frick Art Reference Library record for Mrs. Joseph Mabbett Warren].

Sitter: Warren, Elizabeth Adelaide Phelps (Mrs. Joseph Mabbett Warren)
Biography:

Elizabeth Adelaide Phelps Warren (1815–1891). Daughter of Walter Phelps (1789–1874) and Julia Steele Black (1793–1877). Wife of Joseph Mabbett Warren (m. 1835); mother of three children [Frick Art Reference Library].

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Record last updated October 20, 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 Joseph Mabbett Warren Family, c.1874 (Hills no. 31.7.16)." Eastman Johnson Catalogue Raisonné. www.eastmanjohnson.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=707 (accessed on April 27, 2024).