Eastman Johnson Sketching

c. 1849/1851

Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze

Associated Names
Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze

Artist, American, born Germany, 1816 - 1868

The image shows a sketch of a person's upper body in profile view. The person is seated and appears focused, with their body slightly angled forward. They have distinct facial features, curly hair, a formal outfit, and one arm extended forward holding a pencil or similar object. The background is plain, emphasizing the sketched figure.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    graphite and touches of black chalk on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    John Davis Hatch Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 30.9 × 21.7 cm (12 3/16 × 8 9/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1979.20.81

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

John Davis Hatch [1907-1996], by 1976; gift 1979 to the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Bibliography

1975

  • Groseclose, Barbara S. Emanuel Leutze, 1816-1868: Freedom is the Only King. Washington, DC: National Collection of Fine Arts, 1975, pp. 126, 137, no. 257, fig.43.

1976

  • Hatch, John Davis. 100 American Drawings: Loan Exhibition from the Collection of John Davis Hatch. London: Heim Gallery, 1976, no. 57.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite, erased: E. Johnson / by Leutze / 30

Wikidata ID

Q64559319

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