Eastman Johnson Catalogue Raisonné
Patricia Hills, PhD, Founder and Director | Abigael MacGibeny, Project Manager and Co-Author
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39.1 U.S. Figure & Landscape Sketches

When he returned to the United States in 1856, Johnson continued to make graphite pencil sketches in notebooks. Those that have survived time generally relate to paintings he did later, such as the many sketches of Nantucket characters or for paintings he was contemplating doing in the future. —PH

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Hills no. 39.1.6
Baur no. 405
Doves
c.1860–69
Graphite on light olive-brown paper
10 1/2 x 15 in. (26.7 x 38.1 cm)
Inscribed verso: Sketches of birds $24.50 [and] Eastman Johnson Rosenthal Collection
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Record last updated March 16, 2022. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Hills, Patricia, and Abigael MacGibeny. "Doves, c.1860–69 (Hills no. 39.1.6)." In Eastman Johnson Catalogue Raisonné. www.eastmanjohnson.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=862 (accessed on October 6, 2024).