Worthington Whittredge, 1854

  • Eastman Johnson, American, 1824-1906

Oil on canvas

  • Unframed: 37 × 26 1/4 inches (94 × 66.7 cm)
  • 44 5/8 × 33 7/8 × 2 7/8 inches (113.3 × 86 × 7.3 cm)

Founders Society Purchase, Dexter M. Ferry, Jr. Fund

60.83

Department

American Art before 1950

Signed and dated, lower right: E. Johnson| Dusseldorf | 1854

Inscribed, lower right: E. Johnson| Dusseldorf | 1854

the sitter

his daughter. 1959, Wildenstein & Co. (New York, New York, USA). 1960-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Hills, Patricia. Eastman Johnson. New York, 1972, p. 17 (ill.). __________. The Genre Paintings of Eastman Johnson: The Sources and Development of His Style and Themes. New York, 1977, p. 43 (fig. 27). Sweeney, J. G. Themes in American Painting. Exh. cat., Grand Rapids Art Museum. Grand Rapids, Oct 1-Nov 30, 1977, p. 121, no. 57 (ill.).

Eastman Johnson, Worthington Whittredge, 1854, oil on canvas. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Dexter M. Ferry, Jr. Fund, 60.83.