Boy Fishing

by Eastman Johnson

Inscriptions

signed lower left: E Johnson

Provenance

H. B. Hurlbut, Cleveland (1880).

Exhibition history

Inaugural Exhibition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (co-organizer) (June 6-September 20, 1916). American Paintings 1825 - 1915 from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Johnson-Humrickhouse Museum, Coshocton, OH (organizer) (July 7-November 1, 1979).

Quick Overview

Artist: Eastman Johnson (American, 1824–1906)
Date: 1860s
Medium: oil on canvas
Dimensions: Unframed: 23.5 x 19 cm (9 1/4 x 7 1/2 in.)
Type: Painting
Classification: Painting
Department: American Painting and Sculpture
Credit line: Hinman B. Hurlbut Collection
Accession no.: 1915.683

More by Eastman Johnson in museum collections

Self-Portrait
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1889 · Painting
Public collection via the Art Institute of ChicagoAT-00000965
Husking Bee, Island of Nantucket
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1876 · Painting
Public collection via the Art Institute of ChicagoAT-00001311
Self-Portrait
Eastman Johnson
1863 · Painting
Public collection via the Art Institute of ChicagoAT-00001558
Portrait of Mrs. Jeremiah Chandler
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1847 · Drawing
Public collection via the Art Institute of ChicagoAT-00005947

Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.