The Brown Family

1869

Eastman Johnson

Artist, American, 1824 - 1906

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Information on this painting can be found in the Gallery publication American Paintings of the Nineteenth Century, Part I, pages 376-382, which is available as a free PDF at https://www.nga.gov/content/dam/ngaweb/research/publications/pdfs/american-paintings-19th-century-part-1.pdf
On View

West Building Main Floor, Gallery 68

Artwork overview

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Eliza Maria and James Brown, New York; given December 1870 to their grandson, James Clifton Brown [d. 1917] and his wife, Amelia Brown, Faygate, England; their son, Howard Clifton Brown [d. 1946], Faygate, England; his daughter, Elizabeth Clifton Brown Calvert, Faygate, England; her sister and brother-in-law, Katherine and Ion Garnett-Orme, Cheriton, England, by about 1950;[1] (Peter H. Davidson & Co., New York), by 1978; purchased 15 November 1978 by NGA.
[1] Provenance information provided, 1978, by Peter H. Davidson & Co., and by letter dated 26 June 1992, from Katherine Garnett-Orme and Elizabeth Calvert, in NGA curatorial files.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1980

  • La Pintura de Los Estados Unidos de Museos de la Ciudad de Washington, Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico City, 1980-1981, no. 23, color repro.

1988

  • Bilder aus der Neuen Welt: Amerikanische Malerei des 18. un 19. Jahrhundts, Orangerie des Schlosses Charlottenburg, Berlin; Kunsthaus, Zurich, 1988-1989, no. 55.

2018

  • Two Centuries of Banking: The Enduring Partnership of Brown Brothers Harriman, The New-York Historical Society, New York, 2018, no catalogue.

Bibliography

1968

  • Kouwenhoven, John A. Partners in Banking: An Historical Portrait of a Great Private Bank, Brown Brothers Harriman & Co., 1818-1968. Garden City, New York, 1968: 151.

1979

  • Gustafson, Eleanor H. "Museum accessions." Antiques 116 (December 1979): 1286, repro.

1980

  • American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1980: 183, repro.

  • Wilmerding, John. American Masterpieces from the National Gallery of Art. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1980: 12, 15, 72, no. 17, color repro.

  • La Pintura de Los Estados Unidos de Museos de la Cuidad de Washington, Exh. cat. Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico City, 1980: 86.

1981

  • Williams, William James. A Heritage of American Paintings from the National Gallery of Art. New York, 1981: 150-151, color repro. 156.

  • Southgate, M. Therese. "The Cover: Eastman Johnson, The Brown Family." Journal of the American Medical Association 245, no. 4 (23 January 1981): cover, 349, color repro.

1983

  • Brown, Milton W. One Hundred Masterpieces of American Painting from Public Collections in Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C., 1983: 90, color repro. 91.

1984

  • Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Rev. ed. New York, 1984: 557, no. 847, color repro.

1985

  • Lubin, David M. Act of Portrayal: Eakins, Sargent, James. New Haven, 1985: 117, repro. 118.

1988

  • Clark, Henry Nichols Blake. Francis W. Edmonds: American Master in the Dutch Tradition. Exh. cat. Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth; New-York Historical Society. Washington, D.C., 1988: 104, repro. 105.

  • Wilmerding, John. American Masterpieces from the National Gallery of Art. Rev. ed. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1988: 18, 82, no. 18, color repro.

  • Bilder aus der Neuen Welt: Amerikanische Malerei des 18. und 19. Jahrhunderts. Exh. cat. Orangerie des Schlosses Charlottenburg, Berlin; Kunsthaus, Zurich. Berlin, 1988: no. 55.

1989

  • Simpson, Marc, Sally Mills, and Jennfier Saville. The American Canvas: Paintings from the Collection of The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. New York, 1989: 112.

1992

  • American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 213, repro.

1994

  • Simpson, Marc, with the assistance of Patricia Junker. The Rockefeller Collection of American Art. Exh. cat. The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, 1994: 177.

1996

  • Kelly, Franklin, with Nicolai Cikovsky, Jr., Deborah Chotner, and John Davis. American Paintings of the Nineteenth Century, Part I. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 1996: 376-382, color repro.

Inscriptions

lower right: E. Johnson 1869

Wikidata ID

Q20188716

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