The title of the painting comes from Psalm 23, which begins with the line: "The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want." Johnson painted it just after the Emancipation Proclamation was announced in 1863. Its imagery includes an African-American man reading the first part of a Bible, possibly the Book of Exodus. He is sitting against a blue jacket, which may indicate service in the Union army. President Abraham Lincoln had recently authorized organization of the United States Colored Troops.[2] This is one of several works by Eastman Johnson with African-American subjects.
lord, shepherd, eastman, johnson, other, uses, lord, shepherd, disambiguation, lord, shepherd, 1863, wood, painting, american, artist, eastman, johnson, painting, measures, display, smithsonian, american, museum, washington, lord, shepherd, eastman, johnson, t. For other uses see The Lord is my shepherd disambiguation The Lord Is My Shepherd is an 1863 oil on wood painting by American artist Eastman Johnson The painting measures 16 5 8 x 13 1 8 in 42 3 x 33 2 cm and is on display at the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington D C 1 The Lord Is My Shepherd by Eastman Johnson The title of the painting comes from Psalm 23 which begins with the line The Lord is my shepherd I shall not want Johnson painted it just after the Emancipation Proclamation was announced in 1863 Its imagery includes an African American man reading the first part of a Bible possibly the Book of Exodus He is sitting against a blue jacket which may indicate service in the Union army President Abraham Lincoln had recently authorized organization of the United States Colored Troops 2 This is one of several works by Eastman Johnson with African American subjects References editExternal videos nbsp Podcast The Civil War and American Art Episode 4 Smithsonian American Art Museum 3 The Lord Is My Shepherd Smithsonian American Art Museum Retrieved 15 February 2013 Harvey Eleanor Jones 2013 10 30 Painting Freedom New York Times retrieved 2013 10 31 The Civil War and American Art Episode 4 Smithsonian American Art Museum Retrieved February 15 2012 nbsp This article about a nineteenth century painting is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title The Lord Is My Shepherd Eastman Johnson amp oldid 1188774111, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
