Portrait of Adelia Ellender, ca. 1803-1805
Artist in the Global Art Registry
Joshua Johnson
1763–1830 · American
- Born
- 1763 · Baltimore
- Died
- 1830
12 works in the Collect24 Registry
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Joshua Johnson was an American painter of African and European ancestry from the vicinity of Baltimore, Maryland. He is known for his portrait paintings of prominent Maryland residents and their children and was the earliest documented professional African-American painter.
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Joshua Johns[t]on (c. 1763 – c. 1824) was an American painter from the vicinity of Baltimore, Maryland of African and European ancestry. Johnson is known for his portrait paintings of prominent Maryland residents and their children. He was the "earliest documented professional African-American painter".
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12
Registered works
12
In museum collections
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0
In private collections
Featured works
Selected registered works by Joshua Johnson
Selected from 12 works by Joshua Johnson in the Collect24 Registry.
Joshua Johnson
Portrait of Adelia Ellender, ca. 1803-1805
oil on canvas
66.7 × 53.7 cm
Smithsonian American Art Museum
C24-138255
Joshua Johnson
Portrait of Mrs. Barbara Baker Murphy (Wife of Sea Captain), ca. 1810
oil on canvas
55.3 × 44.8 cm
Smithsonian American Art Museum
C24-134513
Joshua Johnson
Portrait of Sea Captain John Murphy, ca. 1810
oil on canvas
54.6 × 44.5 cm
Smithsonian American Art Museum
C24-134483
Joshua Johnson
Edward and Sarah Rutter, ca. 1805
Oil on canvas
91.4 × 81.3 cm
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-107565
Joshua Johnson
Emma Van Name, ca. 1805
Oil on canvasPainting
73.7 × 58.4 cm
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
C24-103878
Joshua Johnson
Sarah Ogden Gustin, c. 1805
oil on canvas
71.1 × 57.2 cm
National Gallery of Art
C24-102068
Joshua Johnson
The Westwood Children, c. 1807
oil on canvas
104.5 × 117 cm
National Gallery of Art
C24-102069
Joshua Johnson
Mr. Baylor, c. 1805
oil on canvas
61 × 50 cm
National Gallery of Art
C24-102067
Joshua Johnson
Grace Allison McCurdy (Mrs. Hugh McCurdy) and Her Daughters, Mary Jane and Letitia Grace, c. 1806
oil on canvas
110.8 × 98.8 cm
National Gallery of Art
C24-102066
Joshua Johnson
Adelina Morton, c. 1810
oil on canvas
61.5 × 51.4 cm
National Gallery of Art
C24-102064
Joshua Johnson
Family Group, c. 1800
oil on canvas
88.5 × 136 cm
National Gallery of Art
C24-102065
Joshua Johnson
Portrait of a Young Woman, c. 1810-1815
Oil on canvas
61 × 50.1 cm
Harvard Art Museums
C24-119146
Museums and collections
Where works by Joshua Johnson are registered
- National Gallery of Art
Washington, D.C., United States
6 works
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
Washington, D.C., United States
3 works
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York, United States
2 works
- Art Institute of Chicago
Chicago, United States
1 work
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