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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. 31.3.8
Edwina Booth
Alternate title: Portrait of a Young Woman
c.1885
Oil on canvas
26 7/8 x 21 7/8 in. (68.3 x 55.6 cm)
Initialed lower right in red: E.J.
Provenance
Douglas John Connah, Boston and New York
William Connah, his son
Jean Evans
Denya Cascio, New York
Hills Examination / Opinion
Examination date(s): 2019
Sitter Biography
Sitter: Booth, Edwina (Mrs. Ignatius R. Grossman)
Biography:
Edwina Booth (1861–1938). Daughter of Edwin Booth and Mary Devlin Booth; wife of Ignatius R. Grossman (m. 1885).
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Booth, Edwina (Mrs. Ignatius R. Grossman)
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Record last updated July 23, 2021. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Hills, Patricia, and Abigael MacGibeny. "Edwina Booth, c.1885 (Hills no. 31.3.8)." Eastman Johnson Catalogue Raisonné. www.eastmanjohnson.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=716 (accessed on April 28, 2024).