# The Early Scholar

- By: Eastman Johnson (American, 1824 - 1906)
- Date: c. 1865
- Medium: oil on academy board on canvas
- Classification: Painting
- Dimensions: overall: 43.2 x 53.7 cm (17 x 21 1/8 in.) ; framed: 61.6 x 71.8 x 6 cm (24 1/4 x 28 1/4 x 2 3/8 in.)
- Culture: American
- Credit line: Chester Dale Collection
- Museum: [National Gallery of Art](https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.46632.html)
- Rights: [Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/nga/c3b6258a-5fc9-4815-9491-acde75248a37/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)