Minneapolis Institute of Art

The Letter Home

Eastman Johnson

Date: 1867
Medium: Charcoal and graphite on paper
Department: Arts of the Americas
Institution: Minneapolis Institute of Art

This drawing is a study for the painting The Letter Home, 1867, at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. The nurse is a portrait of Mrs. May, Johnson's sister and wife of Rev. Joseph May of Philadelphia. In a letter from Eastman's wife, Elizabeth Johnson, she suggests that Camp Hospital at Gettysburg is the original title. Set in the original wooden frame and bearing medals from the American Sanitary Commission. United States, Americas

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