John Johnston

Johnson, John
American, c. 1753 - 1818

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The image shows a man with fair skin, blonde curly hair, and facial features including a straight nose and arched eyebrows. He is wearing a dark jacket and a white cravat, against a dark background with a hint of burgundy cloth on the right side. No jewelry or items are visible.
John Johnston, John Peck, c. 1795, oil on canvas, Andrew W. Mellon Collection, 1947.17.65

John Peck

John Johnston · c. 1795 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  1947.17.65

Bibliography

1932

  • Coburn, Frederick W. "The Johnstons of Boston. Part One." Art in America 21, no. 1 (December 1932): 27-36.

1933

  • Coburn, Frederick W. "The Johnstons of Boston. Part Two." Art in America 21,no. 4 (October 1933): 132-139.

1943

  • Swan, Mabel M. "The Johnstons and Reas-Japanners." Antiques 43 (May 1943): 210-212.

1966

  • Sadik 1966, 108-110.

1976

  • Sadik, Marvin S. Christian Gullagher; Portrait Painter to Federal America. Exh. cat. National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C., 1976: 21.

1980

  • Troyen, Carol. The Boston Tradition: American Paintings from the Museum of Fine Arts. Exh. cat. American Federation of Arts, New York, 1980: 70-71.

1995

  • Miles, Ellen G. American Paintings of the Eighteenth Century. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 1995: 109.