Eastman Johnson Catalogue Raisonné
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Photo: Courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum, Hyde Park, New York
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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. 31.3.22
Laura Astor Delano
Alternate titles: possibly Laura Astor Delano (Mrs. Franklyn [sic] H.); Portrait of Laura Astor Delano; Portrait of Mrs. Franklin H. Delano
1884
Locale: New York
Oil on canvas
51 1/4 x 32 1/2 in. (130.2 x 82.6 cm)
Signed and dated lower right: E. Johnson/1884 [according to owner, beneath frame, but not visible when inventoried in 2008]
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Description / Remarks
FDR Pres. Library object record, November 7, 2016: "…Laura Astor Delano…is sitting, wear[ing] a dark dress with white lace sleeves, her hands are clasped on her lap."
References
Catalogue of an Exhibition of Charcoal Drawings by Eastman Johnson. New York: Kennedy Galleries, 1920. Exhibition catalogue (1920 Kennedy Galleries), p. 11, addendum "Paintings by Eastman Johnson" [possibly, as Laura Astor Delano (Mrs. Franklyn [sic] H.).
Sitter Biography
Sitter: Delano, Laura Eugenia Astor (Mrs. Franklin Hughes Delano)
Biography:
Laura Eugenia Astor Delano (1824–1902). Granddaughter of John Jacob Astor; daughter of William Backhouse Astor, Jr. Married Franklyn Hughes Delano (m. 1844).
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Delano, Laura Eugenia Astor (Mrs. Franklin Hughes Delano)
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Record last updated December 9, 2022. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Hills, Patricia, and Abigael MacGibeny. "Laura Astor Delano, 1884 (Hills no. 31.3.22)." Eastman Johnson Catalogue Raisonné. www.eastmanjohnson.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=729 (accessed on April 25, 2024).