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

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Photo: Chicago History Museum, ICHi-176430
[ 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. 31.3.45
Emily Caroline Minton Pullman
Chicago History Museum title: Portrait of Mrs. James Lewis (Emily Caroline Minton) Pullman
1892
Oil on canvas
84 x 54 in. (213.4 x 137.2 cm)
Signed lower right: E. Johnson 1892
Chicago History Museum, Gift of Mrs. Albert F. Madlener, Jr., Mrs. C. Phillip Miller, Mrs. Frederick R. Wierdsma (1959.50)
Description / Remarks

Chicago Historical Society information sheet, undated: "Full view face, full figure in sitting position facing left. Gray hair parted in center with bun on top. Gray eyes and fair complection. Seated at table in red back arm chair. Gray tablecloth with floral design on edge. Book, rose and handkerchief on table. Wears black dress with bustle and short train and white lace cuffs and collar. Right hand rests on table. Left hand in lap has solitaire and gold wedding ring. Blue rug with colored design. Dark background."

Provenance
George Mortimer Pullman, son of the sitter
Florence Sanger Pullman (Mrs. Frank Orren) Lowden, his daughter (by bequest)
Harriet Elizabeth Lowden (Mrs. Albert F., Jr.) Madlener, Florence Lowden (Mrs. Charles Phillip) Miller, and Frances Lowden (Mrs. Frederick R.) Wierdsma, her daughters, until 1959
Chicago History Museum, 1959 (by gift)
Sitter Biography
Sitter: Pullman, Emily Caroline Minton (Mrs. James Lewis Pullman)
Biography:

Emily Caroline Minton Pullman (1808–1892). Wife of James Lewis Pullman; mother of George Moritmer Pullman. 

Pullman, Emily Caroline Minton (Mrs. James Lewis Pullman)
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Record last updated June 29, 2022. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Hills, Patricia, and Abigael MacGibeny. "Emily Caroline Minton Pullman, 1892 (Hills no. 31.3.45)." Eastman Johnson Catalogue Raisonné. www.eastmanjohnson.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=757 (accessed on May 2, 2024).