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

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Photo: Courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum, Hyde Park, New York
[ 31.3 U.S. Portraits, Women ]info
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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. 31.3.22
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]
Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum, Hyde Park, New York, Gift of the Delano Family (MO 1973.34)
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."

Provenance
Franklin Hughes and Laura Astor Delano
Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum, Hyde Park, New York, 1973 (by gift)
References
Kennedy Galleries 1920
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 May 5, 2024).