The Girl I Left Behind Me
ca. 1872
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 106.7 × 88.7 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-140005
A young girl stands on a promontory, her hair streaming in the wind. The path before her ends, so she must either retrace her steps or try to find a different way forward. Johnson called this painting The Girl I Left Behind Me, invoking an Irish ballad that was popular with both the Union and Confederate armies during the Civil War. In doing so, the artist opens the possibility that this young gi…
Provenance
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase made possible in part by Mrs. Alexander Hamilton Rice in memory of her husband and by Ralph Cross Johnson
Registry history
- ca. 1872 — Recorded in the collection of Smithsonian American Art Museum
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