The New Bonnet

Artist
Eastman Johnson
Year
1876
Medium
Oil on academy board
Dimensions
20 3/4 x 27 in. (52.7 x 68.6 cm)

Two sisters admire a new bonnet, one trying it on while the other looks on from an armchair. Eastman Johnson, one of the most popular American genre painters of his day, built a career on such quiet, affectionate scenes of domestic life.