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JOSHUA JOHNSON (American, 1765-1830). PORTRAIT OF ELISHA STANSBURY (1756-1837), circa 1810, oil on canvas - 30 1/4 in. x 22 in
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JOSHUA JOHNSON (American, 1765-1830). PORTRAIT OF ELISHA STANSBURY (1756-1837), circa 1810, oil on canvas - 30 1/4 in. x 22 in.
Joshua Johnson, a freed slave of likely
West Indian and French background, is
the earliest documented professional
African-American painter. He lived and
worked in Baltimore from about 1795
to about 1825, painting portraits of
members of...
Joshua Johnson, a freed slave of likely
West Indian and French background, is
the earliest documented professional
African-American painter. He lived and
worked in Baltimore from about 1795
to about 1825, painting portraits of
members of...
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