Eastman Johnson Catalogue Raisonné
Patricia Hills, PhD, Founder and Director | Abigael MacGibeny, Project Manager and Co-Author
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Mary Naomi Johnson Cogswell, c.1878 (Hills no. 31.3.16). Overall
Overall
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Mary Naomi Johnson Cogswell, c.1878 (Hills no. 31.3.16). Detail
Detail
Photo: Patricia Hills
Mary Naomi Johnson Cogswell, c.1878 (Hills no. 31.3.16). Detail
Detail
Photo: Patricia Hills
Mary Naomi Johnson Cogswell, c.1878 (Hills no. 31.3.16). Verso
Verso
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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

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Hills no. 31.3.16
Baur no. 172
Mary Naomi Johnson Cogswell
Alternate title: possibly Portrait of a Lady
c.1878
Oil on fine canvas
23 1/2 x 20 1/4 in. (59.7 x 51.4 cm)
Signed lower left: Eastman Johnson [according to Baur 1940; not visible during Hills examination, 2019]
Private collection, New Jersey
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Record last updated November 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. "Mary Naomi Johnson Cogswell, c.1878 (Hills no. 31.3.16)." In Eastman Johnson Catalogue Raisonné. www.eastmanjohnson.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=722 (accessed on December 2, 2024).