1965.123: Portrait Study of Mrs. Dix

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1965.123

People

Eastman Johnson, American (Lovell, ME 1824 - 1906 New York, NY)

Title

Portrait Study of Mrs. Dix

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

19th century

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/308830

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Graphite on gray wove paper

Dimensions

12.2 x 10.2 cm (4 13/16 x 4 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: verso, graphite: E. Johnson / [R-- Col.?]
• inscription: verso, graphite: 25 [in circle]
• inscription: under image, graphite, in artist's hand: Mrs. Dix
• inscription: l.r., graphite: 10
• exhibition label: May-July 1980, removed from backing, now in curatorial file, paper: NPG American Portrait Drawings exhibition

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Meta and Paul J. Sachs, Cambridge MA, Bequest to Fogg Art Museum, 1965.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Meta and Paul J. Sachs

Accession Year

1965

Object Number

1965.123

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• John I. H. Baur, Eastman Johnson, 1824-1906 : An American Genre Painter, exh. cat., Brooklyn Museum (New York, NY, 1940), p. 74, no. 306
• Marvin Sadik and Harold Pfister, American Portrait Drawings, exh. cat., National Portrait Gallery (Washington, D.C, 1980), p. 70, p. 75, ill.

Exhibition History

• American Portrait Drawings, National Portrait Gallery, Washington, 05/01/1980 - 07/31/1980

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