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© 1987 Christie’s Images Limited
Detail of portrait of Julia Ann Gleason (Mrs. Amasa Stone) by an unidentified artist
Photo: Unknown
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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. 31.3.55
Mary Amelia Boomer Stone
Alternate titles: possibly Mrs. A. P. Stone [incorrect]; Mrs. Amasa Stone [incorrect]; Portrait of a Lady [said to be Mrs. Amasa Stone] [incorrect]
1878
Oil on canvas
27 1/4 x 22 1/8 in. (69.2 x 56.2 cm)
Signed and dated lower left: E. Johnson 1878
Description/Remarks
MacGibeny, 2021: The sitter has been reidentified from Mrs. Amasa Stone to Mary Amelia Bonner Stone (Mrs. Andros Boyden Stone), based on 1) the reidentification of the sitter in the companion portrait from Amasa Stone to his brother, Andros Boyden Stone, and 2) her difference in appearance from Julia Ann Gleason (Mrs. Amasa Stone), depicted in an oil portrait by an unknown artist.
Provenance
M. Knoedler & Co., New York
Private collection, until September 28, 1983
[Vose Galleries, Boston]
[Christie's, September 28, 1983, Sale 5400, lot 236 (sold as a pair as Portrait of a Gentleman and a Lady [said to be Mr. and Mrs. Amasa Stone])]
Congoleum Corporate Collection, September 28, 1983 (by purchase)
[Christie's, January 27, 1987, lot 27 (sold as a pair, as Mr. and Mrs. Amasa Stone: a pair of portraits)]
Private collection, January 27, 1987 (by purchase)
Present whereabouts unknown
References
Kennedy Galleries 1920
Catalogue of an Exhibition of Charcoal Drawings by Eastman Johnson. New York: Kennedy Galleries, 1920. Exhibition catalogue (1920 Kennedy Galleries), p. 12, addendum “Paintings by Eastman Johnson" [possibly, as Mrs. A. P. Stone].Sitter Biography
Sitter: Stone, Mary Amelia Boomer
Biography:
Mary Amelia Boomer Stone (1823–1908). Wife of Andros Boyden Stone (m. 1846), also portrayed by Johnson.
Keywords
- Portrait pose
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Record last updated March 22, 2022. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Hills, Patricia, and Abigael MacGibeny. "Mary Amelia Boomer Stone, 1878 (Hills no. 31.3.55)." In Eastman Johnson Catalogue Raisonné. www.eastmanjohnson.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=763 (accessed on May 2, 2025).