Art, literature & history
Lambs, Nantucket
1874
- Dating
- Exact year
- Held at
- National Gallery of Art
- Medium
- oil on board
- Dimensions
- overall: 48.26 × 39.69 cm (19 × 15 5/8 in.) framed: 63.18 × 54.93 × 5.24 cm (24 7/8 × 21 5/8 × 2 1/16 in.)
- Collection no.
- 2012.89.3
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- NGA Open Access — public domainLicense details
Eastman Johnson. Lambs, Nantucket. National Gallery of Art. NGA Open Access — public domain. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: National Gallery of Art
About this artwork
Lambs, Nantucket — Eastman Johnson. 1874.
Medium: oil on board.
Dimensions (museum labels retained): overall: 48.26 × 39.69 cm (19 × 15 5/8 in.) framed: 63.18 × 54.93 × 5.24 cm (24 7/8 × 21 5/8 × 2 1/16 in.).
Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 2012.89.3. Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon.
Museum holding does not establish current display.
Source: National Gallery of Art, CC0 collection metadata, retrieved 9 September 2026.
Location checked Sep 9, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.