 John Johnson is primarily known as John Johnston
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from Auction House Records.
Portrait of Mrs Nathaniel
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One of early Boston's best portrait painters, his subjects from 1780 to 1912 are a virtual "who's who" of Boston including Samuel Adams and the visiting George Washington.
He worked with many instructors in Boston including his painting teacher, John Gore, and his father, Thomas Johnston. He was regarded in Boston at that time as the most prolific pattern maker for embroidery works, many of them resulting from the miniatures he did on ivory and silk.
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