Eastman Johnson

Estate of the artist (acquired in 1906)

American Art Association, New York, 26-27 February 1907, lot 56 (consigned by the above)

Estate of Bernardine M. Boyle, Connecticut

Fairfield Auction, Monroe, Connecticut, 24 March 2017, lot 78 (as Master David Taylor with His Violin)

Acquired from the above by the present owner

(possibly) New York, Century Association, January 1879 (titled Portrait of a Boy, Full-length)

(possibly) New York, Century Association, June 1880 (titled Boy, Full-length)

(possibly) New York, Century Association, January 1881 (titled Portrait, Full-length)

(possibly) New York, Century Association, June 1882 (titled Portrait of a Boy, Full-length)

(possibly) New York, Society of American Artists, March - April 1900, no. 326 (titled Portrait of a Boy with Violin)

New York, Century Association, Memorial Exhibition of Eastman Johnson, February 1907, no. 56 (titled The Shy Musician)

David H. Taylor, the subject of the present work, sat for a portrait by Eastman Johnson when he was a young child. A lawyer at the firm of Taylor, Wadsworth, and Burr based in New York, Taylor was a graduate of Columbia University and Columbia Law School. He was the oldest member of the Union Club in New York at the time of his death in 1961.