Joshua Johnson
Charles Herman Stricker Wilmans
1798
Physical Qualities
Oil on canvas, 38 1/4 x 31 in. (97.2 x 78.8 cm)
Credit Line
Bequest of Susan D. Tilghman Horner
Object Number
1944.6
The Baltimore Museum of Art by bequest, 1944; Susan D. Tilghman Horner, Baltimore, by direct descent
BMA, "Two Hundred and Fifty Years of Painting in Maryland," May 11-June 17, 1945, p. 34, no. 66
PM, Baltimore, "An Exhibition of Portraits by Joshua Johnston," Jan. 11-Feb. 8, 1948, n.p., no. 2, ill.
The Art Institute of Chicago, "From Colony to Nation," April - June 1949; cat. no. 76, p. 53
"Behold the Child," BMA, November 7 - December 3, 1950; cat. p. 12
BMA and MHS, Baltimore, "J. Hall Pleasants: A Memorial Exhibition," December 2, 1958 - January 18, 1959; cat. p. 12
"Twenty-Five Folk Artists: Their Lives and Works," Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Collection, Williamsburg, VA, May 10 - July 11, 1971
Peridot-Washburn Gallery, New York City, "Portraits of Joshua Johnson," October 5 - October 30, 1971
"250 Years of Painting in Maryland," BMA, 1945, cat #66, p. 34
Supplement to Smithsonian's "The Black Presence in the Era of the American Revolution, 1770-1800" (Morgan State College Art Gallery only, January 11- March 26, 1976).
BMA, "Maryland Heritage," Apr. 20 - June 20, 1976, p. 84, no. 52, ill.
BMA, American Folk Art From The Baltimore Museum of Art and Local Collections, Apr. 4-June 18, 1978, p. 4, no. 8, ill. on cover
New Orleans Museum of Art, "Jefferson's America and Napoleon's France," April 12, 2003 - August 31, 2003.
American Folk Art Museum, "Unnamed Figures". American Folk Art Museum, New York, NY, 13 November 2023- 24 March 2024.
PM, Baltimore, "An Exhibition of Portraits by Joshua Johnston," Jan. 11-Feb. 8, 1948, n.p., no. 2, ill.
The Art Institute of Chicago, "From Colony to Nation," April - June 1949; cat. no. 76, p. 53
"Behold the Child," BMA, November 7 - December 3, 1950; cat. p. 12
BMA and MHS, Baltimore, "J. Hall Pleasants: A Memorial Exhibition," December 2, 1958 - January 18, 1959; cat. p. 12
"Twenty-Five Folk Artists: Their Lives and Works," Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Collection, Williamsburg, VA, May 10 - July 11, 1971
Peridot-Washburn Gallery, New York City, "Portraits of Joshua Johnson," October 5 - October 30, 1971
"250 Years of Painting in Maryland," BMA, 1945, cat #66, p. 34
Supplement to Smithsonian's "The Black Presence in the Era of the American Revolution, 1770-1800" (Morgan State College Art Gallery only, January 11- March 26, 1976).
BMA, "Maryland Heritage," Apr. 20 - June 20, 1976, p. 84, no. 52, ill.
BMA, American Folk Art From The Baltimore Museum of Art and Local Collections, Apr. 4-June 18, 1978, p. 4, no. 8, ill. on cover
New Orleans Museum of Art, "Jefferson's America and Napoleon's France," April 12, 2003 - August 31, 2003.
American Folk Art Museum, "Unnamed Figures". American Folk Art Museum, New York, NY, 13 November 2023- 24 March 2024.
'Object of the Week,' "The Sunday Sun," (brown section), April 15, 1956.
Sona K. Johnston, "American Painting 1750-1900," Baltimore: Baltimore Museum of Art, 1983, no. 75, pp. 93-94, ill. p. 92.
Carolyn J. Weekly, 'Joshua Johnson,' "Antiques Magazine," September 1987, vol. cxxxii, pl. XVI, p. 528.
Baltimore Museum of Art. "The Baltimore Museum of Art: Celebrating a Museum." Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 2014.
Benskin, Elizabeth, and Suzy Wolffe. "Teacher's Guide to the American Collection". Baltimore, MD: Baltimore Museum of Art, 2014, pages 7 and 15.
On View: American Wing Second Floor, Scott 06
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