Artist/Maker
John Wesley Jarvis
(American, 1780 – 1840)
Depicted
William Johnson
(American, 1769 – 1848)
William Johnson (1769–1848)
1816
Oil on canvas
Overall: 30 3/4 × 25 3/4 in. (78.1 × 65.4 cm)
Gift of Horace Binney Jr.
1868.1
The subject, William Johnson, was the son of Asahel and Eunice (Wetmore) Johnson of Middletown, Connecticut. He studied law after graduating from Yale and set up his practice in New York in the 1790s. He became a member of The New-York Historical Society in 1805, and served as chairman of its standing committee. His portrait was a gift to the Society from his son-in-law.
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