Eastman Johnson Catalogue Raisonné
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Patricia Hills, taken of an image in the Brooklyn Museum Archives
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18.0 Mother and Child
The mother and child theme in art not only has references to Christian art but also to the realities of caregiving by women. Johnson seems to have been particularly drawn to the theme as the result of his wife’s caring for their daughter, Ethel. —PH
Hills no. 18.0.1
Baur no. 33
Black Woman and Child
Alternate title: Negro and Child
1864
Oil on wood
16 x 13 in. (40.6 x 33 cm)
Signed and dated lower right: E. Johnson '64
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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), no. 33, as Negro and Child.
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Record last updated June 1, 2021. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Hills, Patricia, and Abigael MacGibeny. "Black Woman and Child, 1864 (Hills no. 18.0.1)." In Eastman Johnson Catalogue Raisonné. www.eastmanjohnson.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=94 (accessed on October 12, 2024).