Portrait of Mary Eliza Hendley

Oil on canvas 24 x 20 1/4 site size in period oval frame with elaborate intaglio strapwork. Signed E.J. {Eastman Johnson} 1858. Provenance, exhibition, literature records and Patricia Hill examination {author Johnson Catalogue Raisonne} included. Exhibited Brooklyn Museum 1940, #200 in  John Bauer’s “Eastman Johnson as American Genre Painter”. National Gallery Inventory of American Portrait Paintings. Unrelined, unrestored.Hauntingly beautiful image in fine condition. Price on request.