Eastman Johnson Catalogue Raisonné
Patricia Hills, PhD, Founder and Director | Abigael MacGibeny, MA, Project Manager
print this page
« previous // return to Catalogue // next »

Catalogue Entry

enlarge
Photo: Charles Munch
Susan Dolby Alexander, 1856 (Hills no. 31.3.1). Before restoration
Before restoration
Photo: Charles Munch
Susan Dolby Alexander, 1856 (Hills no. 31.3.1). Clean state
Clean state
Photo: Charles Munch
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

View all works in this theme »

Hills no. 31.3.1
Susan Dolby Alexander
Alternate title: Mrs. Charllote [sic] Newton [incorrect]
1856
Oil on canvas mounted on cardboard
26 x 21 7/8 in. (66 x 55.6 cm)
Signed and dated lower right in red, possibly not authentic: E. Johnson/1856
loading
Record last updated March 28, 2022. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Hills, Patricia, and Abigael MacGibeny. "Susan Dolby Alexander, 1856 (Hills no. 31.3.1)." Eastman Johnson Catalogue Raisonné. www.eastmanjohnson.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=751 (accessed on April 18, 2024).