Object ID	N0424.1955
Title	The Scissors Grinder
Artist	Johnson, Eastman
Object Name	Painting
Early Date	1870
Exhibit label line3	Eastman Johnson is best remembered today for his skill as a genre painter. Johnson began as a successful portrait painter, capturing images of Longfellow, Emerson, and Hawthorne, but in 1858 turned to American genre themes such as African-Americans, Native Americans, politics, and the frontier. Johnson concentrated on themes that recorded and ennobled rural American life before the Industrial Revolution.
Description	Marks: Signed at lower right: "E. Johnson/1870."
Classification	Academic Art--Painting/Drawing--Scene--Genre
Dimensions	H-20 W-16 inches
Material	Oil on canvas
Makers mark	Signed at lower right: "E. Johnson/1870."

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Last modified on: November 04, 2005