Eastman Johnson Catalogue Raisonné
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31.3 U.S. Portraits, Women
Johnson’s paintings of women are often his best portraits, exhibiting a range of techniques and emphasizing their intelligent faces even when enwrapped in sumptuous fabrics, such as we see in Edwina Booth. —PH
Hills no. 31.3.3
Harriet Hubbard Ayer
Alternate titles: Lady in White; Study for Harriet Hubbard Ayer
c.1881
Oil on academy board
26 1/2 x 18 1/2 in. (67.3 x 47 cm)
Initialed lower right: E. J.
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Description / Remarks
Kende Galleries sale catalogue, 1940: "A standing figure of a woman in white dress leaning against a mantle [sic] on which is a vase of flowers and above which are shelves containing china."
References
Chinese and Japanese Works of Art, Eighteen Early Studies and Paintings by Eastman Johnson. New York: Kende Galleries, May 1–2, 1940. Sale catalogue, p. 37, no. 285, as Lady in White.
Sitter Biography
Sitter: Ayer, Harriet Hubbard (Mrs. Herbert Copeland Ayer)
Biography:
Harriet Hubbard Ayer (1849–1903). Newspaper columnist, lecturer on experience in a mental institution, and owner of cosmetics and decorating businesses. Wife of Herbert Copeland Ayer (m. 1865); mother of Harriet, Gertrude, and Margaret.
White, Terry James. The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography. Ann Arbor, MI: University Microfilms, 1967–.
Related work
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Ayer, Harriet Hubbard (Mrs. Herbert Copeland Ayer)
Keywords
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Record last updated July 22, 2021. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Hills, Patricia, and Abigael MacGibeny. "Harriet Hubbard Ayer, c.1881 (Hills no. 31.3.3)." Eastman Johnson Catalogue Raisonné. www.eastmanjohnson.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=713 (accessed on April 25, 2024).