Reading the Bible

1863
oil on canvas
21 in. x 17 in. (53.34 cm x 43.18 cm)
Bequest of Henry Melville Fuller, 2002.20.45

Eastman Johnson
American
1824–1906

1964 Kennedy Galleries, New York, NY, April - May, ill. cat.

1966 Cummer Gallery of Art, Jacksonville, FL, "Mid-19th Century American Painting from the Collections of Henry M. Fuller and William H. Gerdts." July - Aug., cat. no. 35, ill.

1968 "Primative to Picasso: St. Paul's School Alumni Collect." Organzied by St. Paul's School, Concord, NH. Venue: M. Knoedler and Co., New York, NY, Dec. 2 - 21, cat. no. 62, ill.

1971 "19th Century American Painting form the Collection of Henry Melville Fuller." Traveled to: Currier Gallery of Art, Manchester, NH, Sept. 18 - Oct. 17; Mead Art Building, Amherst College, Amherst, MA, Oct. 27- Nov. 24, cat. no. 47.

1973-1974 Finch College Museum of Art, New York, NY, "Twice as Natural: 19th Century American Genre." Dec. 11, 1973 - Jan. 20, 1974.

1992 Currier Gallery of Art, Manchester, NH, "The Currier of the Future: New and Promised Gifts." Feb. 25 - May 24, cat. no. 22.

2002 Currier Gallery of Art, Manchester, NH, "19th Century American Paintings: The Henry Melville Fuller Collection." Feb. 2 - March 11.

Kennedy Galleries, New York, NY
Purchased by Henry Melville Fuller, 1964
Bequest to Currier Museum of Art, 2002