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. 31.3.30
Baur no. 195
Mary Jane Ellison Hanna
Cincinnati Art Museum title: Mary Jane Ellison (Mrs. Henry Hanna)
Alternate title: Mrs. Henry Hanna (Mary Jane Ellison)
c.1857–58
Oil on canvas
27 1/4 x 22 1/4 in. (69.2 x 56.5 cm)
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Exhibitions
Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, Paintings by Former Cincinnati Artists, April 7–23, 1923.
Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, Portraits of Early Cincinnatians, May 19–June 19, 1932, no. 44.
Taft Museum of Art, Cincinnati, The Historical Society of Ohio's Cincinnati Women Exhibition, April 22–June 8, 1954.
Historical and Philosophical Society of Ohio through the Taft Museum, Cincinnati, To the Ladies, 1788–1928, April 24–June 8, 1954.
References
Siple, Walter H. "Notes on the Exhibition of Cincinnati Portraits." Bulletin on the Cincinnati Art Museum 3 (October 1932).
Baur, John I. H. An American Genre Painter: Eastman Johnson, 1824–1906. Brooklyn, NY: Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, 1940. Exhibition catalogue (1939 Brooklyn Museum), p. 68, no. 195, as Mrs. Henry Hanna (Mary Jane Ellison).
Sitter Biography
Sitter: Hanna, Mary Jane Ellison (Mrs. Henry Hanna)
Biography:
Mary Jane Ellison Hanna (1823–1910). Wife of Henry Hanna.
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Record last updated July 29, 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 Jane Ellison Hanna, c.1857–58 (Hills no. 31.3.30)." In Eastman Johnson Catalogue Raisonné. www.eastmanjohnson.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=738 (accessed on November 6, 2024).