Eastman Johnson is represented by a rather soppy scene of a woman and a little girl encouraging a toddler to bathe in a woodland spring.
On his death in 1906, Eastman Johnson was buried at Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, New York.
The Lord is My Shepherd is an 1863 oil on wood painting by Eastman Johnson.
Other stars in its group of earlier American paintings include Albert Bierstadt, Erastus Salisbury Field and Eastman Johnson.
His works were selling well but garnered no prizes, as the competition was strong and masters like Winslow Homer and Eastman Johnson were considered his superiors.
Portraits: Justin Morrill by Eastman Johnson (Senate wing, second floor, main corridor).
The collection also includes works by popular American painters like William Merritt Chase and Eastman Johnson.
Eastman Johnson (1976), "Washington Crossing the Delaware"
The inaugural exhibition in the space features fifty-five paintings and sculptures, including works by Asher B. Durand and Eastman Johnson.
Sharpening the Scythe is an oil painting by Eastman Johnson.