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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. 31.3.43
Baur no. 235
Christina Marie Cole Nichols
Alternate title: Christina M. Nichols
1887
Oil on canvas
26 1/2 x 21 in. (67.3 x 53.3 cm) (sight)
Signed and dated lower left: E. Johnson, 1887
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References
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. 70, no. 235, as Christina M. Nichols.
Hills Examination / Opinion
Examination date(s): Date unknown
Examination notes: Golden colored dress with white ruffle
Sitter Biography
Sitter: Nichols, Christina Marie Cole (Mrs. George Livingston Nichols)
Biography:
Christina Marie Cole Nichols (1832–1885). Wife of George Livingston Nichols (1830–1892); mother of Katrina Trask (both of whom also were portrayed by Johnson) and seven other children.
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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. "Christina Marie Cole Nichols, 1887 (Hills no. 31.3.43)." Eastman Johnson Catalogue Raisonné. www.eastmanjohnson.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=752 (accessed on April 25, 2024).