Justin Smith Morrill Portrait
- Title:
- Justin Smith Morrill Portrait
- Collection:
- Campus Artifacts, Art & Memorabilia
- Creator:
- Johnson, Eastman (American painter, 1824-1906)
- Photographer:
- Espinosa de los Monteros, Pamela
- Date:
- 1983-06
- Acquisition Date:
- 1983-06
- Location:
- Uris Library, Otto Kinkeldey Room, Cornell University
- Country:
- United States
- ID Number:
- artsdb_0166
- Accession Number:
- W84-46.4
- File Name:
- artsdb_0166.jpg
- Culture:
- American
- Work Type:
- portraits
- Materials/Techniques:
- Oil
- Subject:
- Morrill, Justin S. (Justin Smith), 1810-1898
- Image View Type:
- General
- Image View Description:
- Front View
- Description:
- Vermont Congressman (1855-1867) and Senator(1867-1898) Justin Smith Morrill, sponsor of the Tariff Act of 1861, and most notably the Morrill Act [Encyclopaedia Britannica. “Justin S. Morrill,”1994. Encyclopaedia Britannica Online. Chicago: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. http://www.britannica.com]. The Morill Act known as the Land Grant College Act provided federal funding for higher education in every state of the country, when it was signed into law on July 2, 1862. This legislation provided a new concept of higher education as it was designed primarily to educate the youth of the industrial worker and farmer [Renne, Roland R. 1960. "LAND-GRANT INSTITUTIONS, THE PUBLIC, AND THE PUBLIC INTEREST." Annals Of The American Academy Of Political & Social Science 331, 46-51. America: History & Life, EBSCOhost (accessed June 7, 2012)]. The Morrill Acts followed the establishment of the Department of Agriculture (May 15, 1862), and the Homestead Act (May 10, 1862). All three legislation recognized the importance of the Agriculture industry and education in the United States [Duemer, Lee S. 2007. "THE AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION ORIGINS OF THE MORRILL LAND GRANT ACT OF 1862." American Educational History Journal 34, no. 1: 135-146. America: History & Life, EBSCOhost (accessed June 7, 2012)].
Cornell University is New York states land grant institution. Its first building is named in Morrill's honor, and Lincoln Hall, opened in 1889, is named for the President who signed the Morrill Act. A replica of this portrait was commissioned by Senator Morril for his home in Washington, D.C., displayed today in the U.S. Capitol [Joe Wilensky, "Portrait of Justin Smith Morrill pays tribute to Land Grant Act's sponsor," Cornell Chronicle Online, June 28, 2012, http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/June12/MorrillPortrait.html].
American portrait and genre painter Eastman Johnson (1824-1906) was born in Lovell, Maine. He studied lithography under John H. Bufford and continued primarily as a self-taught painter. From 1848 to 1855 he lived and studied abroad in Europe at the Düsseldorf Akademie, and later The Hague [Macy, Laura Williams. “Johnson, Eastman,”2002. In Grove Art Online. [Rodgers, David. "Johnson, Eastman." The Oxford Companion to Western Art online, edited by Hugh Brigstocke. Oxford: Oxford University Press, http://www.oxfordreference.com/views/BOOK%5FSEARCH.html?book=t118]. His style and color palette was influenced by 17th century Dutch masters such as Rembrandt. In 1860 he was elected to the National Academy of Design. His most notable genre artworks include Old Kentucky Home-Life in the South (1860), Hatch Family (1871) and Corn Husking at Nantucket (ca. 1875). By the mid 1880’s popularity of Johnson’s genre work had declined and he became primarily a portrait artist. His most notable Portrait Subjects include United States Presidents Hayes, Cleveland, and Harrison, as well as Cornelius Vanderbilt, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow[“Johnson, Eastman," Columbia University, and Bartleby.com, Inc. 2000.Columbia encyclopedia. New York: Columbia University Press. http://www.bartleby.com/65]. - Source:
- Columbia University, and Bartleby.com, Inc. “Johnson, Eastman," 2000.Columbia encyclopedia. New York: Columbia University Press. http://www.bartleby.com/65/
Macy, Laura Williams. “Johnson, Eastman,”2002. In Grove Art Online. [Basingstoke, England]: Macmillan. http://www.groveart.com
Rodgers, David. "Johnson, Eastman." The Oxford Companion to Western Art online, edited by Hugh Brigstocke. Oxford: Oxford University Press. http://www.oxfordreference.com/views/BOOK%5FSEARCH.html?book=t118
Encyclopaedia Britannica. “Justin S. Morrill,”1994. Encyclopaedia Britannica Online. Chicago: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. http://www.britannica.com
Renne, Roland R. 1960. "LAND-GRANT INSTITUTIONS, THE PUBLIC, AND THE PUBLIC INTEREST." Annals Of The American Academy Of Political & Social Science 331, 46-51. America: History & Life, EBSCOhost (accessed June 7, 2012)
Duemer, Lee S. 2007. "THE AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION ORIGINS OF THE MORRILL LAND GRANT ACT OF 1862." American Educational History Journal 34, no. 1: 135-146. America: History & Life, EBSCOhost (accessed June 7, 2012)
Joe Wilensky, "Portrait of Justin Smith Morrill pays tribute to Land Grant Act's sponsor," Cornell Chronicle Online, June 28, 2012, http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/June12/MorrillPortrait.html - Repository:
- Cornell University
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- The content in the Campus Artifacts, Art & Memorabilia Collection is protected by copyright, and the copyright holders are Cornell University Library and the Cornell Association of Professors Emeritus. This collection was created by Cornell University Library in 2010, with funding from a Digital Collections in Arts and Sciences Grant to Howard Howland. Cornell is providing access to the materials for research and personal use. The written permission of any copyright and other rights holders is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use that extends beyond what is authorized by fair use and other statutory exemptions. Responsibility for making an independent legal assessment of an item and securing any necessary permissions ultimately rests with persons desiring to use the item. Please contact the Cornell Association of Professors Emeritus at cape@cornell.edu for more information about this collection, or to request permission to use these images.