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accession number:	1915.683
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Boy Fishing, 1860s. Eastman Johnson (American, 1824–1906). Oil on canvas; unframed: 23.5 x 19 cm (9 1/4 x 7 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Hinman B. Hurlbut Collection 1915.683

title:				Boy Fishing
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creation date:			1860s
creation date earliest:		1860
creation date latest:		1869
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creditline:			Hinman B. Hurlbut Collection
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culture:	America, 19th century
technique:	oil on canvas
department:	American Painting and Sculpture
collection:	American - Painting
type:		Painting
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CREATORS

* Eastman Johnson (American, 1824–1906)  - artist

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measurements: Unframed: 23.5 x 19 cm (9 1/4 x 7 1/2 in.)
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	inscription:	signed lower left:  E Johnson
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Inaugural Exhibition
	opening date:   1916-06-06T05:00:00
	<i>Inaugural Exhibition</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (co-organizer) (June 6-September 20, 1916).

	title:		American Paintings 1825 - 1915 from the Cleveland Museum of Art
	opening date:   1979-07-07T04:00:00
	<i>American Paintings 1825 - 1915 from the Cleveland Museum of Art</i>. Johnson-Humrickhouse Museum, Coshocton, OH (organizer) (July 7-November 1, 1979).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'Cleveland, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Inaugural Exhibition of The Cleveland Museum of Art (6 June-20 September 1916), listed p. 128, no. 29 as The Fisherman.', 'opening_date': '1916-06-06T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'Akron, Akron Art Institute, A Survey of Nineteenth-Century American Paintings (2 November-15 December 1959).', 'opening_date': '1959-11-02T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'Coshocton, Ohio, The Johnson-Humrickhouse Museum, American Paintings 1825-1915 From The Clevland Musuem of Art, (7 July-1 November 1979), cat. not numbered, illus. on front cover.', 'opening_date': '1979-07-07T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	H. B. Hurlbut, Cleveland (1880).
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Strahan, Edward, ed. <em>The Art Treasures of America: Being the Choicest Works of Art in the Public and Private Collections of North America</em>. vol. 8. Philadelphia: Gebbie &amp; Barrie, 1879.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 74
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	Baur, John I. H. <em>An American Genre Painter: Eastman Johnson, 1824-1906</em>. Brooklyn, NY: Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, 1940.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 64, no. 100
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	Cleveland Museum of Art. "A Check List: American Paintings and Water Colors of the Eighteenth, Nineteenth, and Early Twentieth Centuries in The Cleveland Museum of Art." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. 60:1 (January, 1973). pp. 1-36.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 29, cat. 114
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	Placidi, Kathleen S. "Beyond Bootblacks: The Boat Builder and the Art of John George Brown." <em>The Bulletin of The Cleveland Museum of Art. </em>77:10 (December, 1990). pp. 366-382.
	page number: 	Reproduced:
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25161306

	Chong, Alan. <em>European &amp; American Painting in the Cleveland Museum of Art: A Summary Catalogue</em>. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1993.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 117
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