Eastman Johnson Catalogue Raisonné
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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
Hills no. 39.1.14
Baur no. 394
Portrait Studies with Barrel
Alternate titles: Barrel and Cup; Page of Sketches with Barrel and Cup
c.1870–80
Locale: Nantucket, Massachusetts
Graphite on cream paper
12 3/8 x 8 7/8 in. (31.4 x 22.5 cm) (irreg.)
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Description/Remarks
MacGibeny, 2022: The bearded man, also shown beardless and wearing a top hat, resembles Captain Charles Myrick (1797–1883), whom Johnson featured in several Nantucket genre and portrait paintings between 1873 and 1880.
Baur 1940, p. 78: "Also sketches of several heads of men."
Markings
Inscribed on verso: CLC 14583.1
Provenance
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. 78, no. 394, as Barrel and Cup.
Hills Examination/Opinion
Examination date(s): March 1971; 1983
Examination notes: Very sketchy
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. "Portrait Studies with Barrel, c.1870–80 (Hills no. 39.1.14)." In Eastman Johnson Catalogue Raisonné. www.eastmanjohnson.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=875 (accessed on May 1, 2025).