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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. 31.3.49
Baur no. 251
Harriet Amelia Sanger Pullman
Alternate titles: possibly Mrs. George M. Pullman, of Chicago; Mrs. George M. Pullman
c.1881
Oil on canvas
41 x 28 in. (104.1 x 71.1 cm)
Initialed lower right: E.J.
Provenance
Florence Sanger Pullman (Mrs. Frank Orren) Lowden, daughter of the sitter
Florence Lowden (Mrs. Charles Phillip) Miller, her daughter, by 1940 until at least 1970
Phillip Lowden Miller, her son, by 1996
Bonnie Miller Kaufman, his wife
Exhibitions
1901 Art Institute of Chicago
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, 1901, no. 179, [possibly, as Mrs. George M. Pullman, of Chicago].n.d. Pullman Historic Foundation
Pullman Historic Foundation, Hotel Florence, Pullman, Illinois, Loan, dates unknown.References
Baur 1940
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. 71, no. 251, as Mrs. George M. Pullman.National Society of Colonial Dames in Illinois 1972
[Illinois Portrait Index]. Chicago: National Society of Colonial Dames in Illinois, 1972.National Society of Colonial Dames in Illinois 1996
[Pamphlet]. Chicago: National Society of Colonial Dames in Illinois, 1996.Sitter Biography
Sitter: Pullman, Harriet ("Hattie") Sanger (Mrs. George Mortimer Pullman)
Biography:
Harriet Sanger Pullman (1842–1921). Married George Mortimer Pullman in 1866. “Philanthropist and collector, she continued to add to the G M Pullman collection after his death in 1897” [Frick Art Reference Library].
Pullman, Harriet ("Hattie") Amelia Sanger (Mrs. George Mortimer Pullman)
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Record last updated October 19, 2021. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Hills, Patricia, and Abigael MacGibeny. "Harriet Amelia Sanger Pullman, c.1881 (Hills no. 31.3.49)." Eastman Johnson Catalogue Raisonné. www.eastmanjohnson.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=755 (accessed on May 6, 2024).