Etching on tissue paper, signed in the plate E.Johnson 1879 and
by the etcher Henry Wolf and by both men in pencil in the lower margin by Eastman Johnson
$1,000 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller · No longer available
Johnson, Eastman. 1 vols. Image 9 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches, matted and framed to 18 x 15 inches overall. Item #20057 Most likely a Nantucket scene, depicting an older man in an explanatory or advisory role with a young girl. The man bears a resemblence to Captain Charles Myrick, a Nantucket man who appears in several of Johnson's paintings and etchings from this period. From a techical point of view this is an
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