Eastman Johnson Catalogue Raisonné
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Seth Low, 1890 (Hills no. 45.1.21). Detail
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45.1 U.S. Later Portrait Drawings, Men

When Johnson returned from Europe late in 1855 and moved in with his family in Washington, D.C., he began receiving portrait commissions. Like those done earlier, Johnson generally used charcoal (named in some records as black chalk) with touches of white and created a strong chiaroscuro for his sitters. Gradually he moved away from the strong chiaroscuro style he had been using, and his later portraits tend to be sketchier (as was the taste in art at the time) but no less professional. He used pastel to bring in color in some of these portraits. —PH

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Hills no. 45.1.21
Seth Low
Green-Wood Historic Fund title: Portrait of Seth Low
Alternate title: possibly Hon. Seth Low
1890
Charcoal and white crayon on blue-gray paper laid down on linen
Sheet: 18 1/4 x 12 1/8 in. (46.4 x 30.8 cm)
Initialed and dated lower right: E.J./1890
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Record last updated March 15, 2022. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Hills, Patricia, and Abigael MacGibeny. "Seth Low, 1890 (Hills no. 45.1.21)." Eastman Johnson Catalogue Raisonné. www.eastmanjohnson.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=982 (accessed on March 28, 2024).