Lambs, Nantucket

1874

Eastman Johnson

Artist, American, 1824 - 1906

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On View

West Building Main Floor, Gallery 68

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    oil on board

  • Credit Line

    Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon

  • Dimensions

    overall: 48.26 × 39.69 cm (19 × 15 5/8 in.)
    framed: 63.18 × 54.93 × 5.24 cm (24 7/8 × 21 5/8 × 2 1/16 in.)

  • Accession

    2012.89.3

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Hirsch & Adler Galleries, New York); sold September 1974 to Paul Mellon [1907-1999], Upperville, Virginia; bequest 1999 to NGA, with life interest to Mrs. Mellon; life interest released 2012.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1980

  • American Light: The Luminist Movement 1850-1875, National Gallery of Art, 1980, p. 49, 146, 208, repro. plate 32.

Bibliography

1982

  • Di Curcio, Robert A. Art on Nantucket: The History of Painting on Nantucket Island. Nantucket, Massachusetts, 1982: no. 166, repro.

1990

  • Simpson, Marc, Salley Mills and Patricia Hills. Eastman Johnson: The Cranberry Harvest, Island of Nantucket. Exh. cat. Timken Art Gallery, San Diego, 1990: 45 n. 7.

1999

  • Carbone, Teresa A., and Patricia Hills. Eastman Johnson: Painting America. Exh. cat. Brooklyn Museum of Art; San Diego Museum of Art; Seattle Art Museum. New York, 1999: 212 n. 16.

Inscriptions

lower right: E. Johnson / Aug. 29 - 74.

Wikidata ID

Q20188775

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