Joshua Johnson
Gentleman of the Shure Family
1804
Physical Qualities
Oil on canvas, 28 1/8 x 22 13/16 in. (71.4 x 57.9 cm)
Framed: 35 1/8 x 29 13/16 in. (89.2 x 75.7 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, New York
Object Number
1972.78.1
William J. Shure, Darlington, Maryland; sold at auction to John Schwarz, Baltimore, ca. 1935
Victor Spark, New York; Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, New York, 1947 (47.79)
Victor Spark, New York; Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, New York, 1947 (47.79)
PM, Baltimore, "An Exhibition of Portraits by Joshua Johnston," Jan. 11-Feb. 8, 1948, n.p., no.18, ill.
BMA, "American Naive Paintings. Pastels and Calligraphy of the 18th and 19th Centuries," Feb. 27-Apr. 15, 1973
BMA, "Maryland Heritage," Apr. 20-June 20, 1976, p. 85, no. 53, ill.
Washington County Museum of Fine Art. "Joshua Johnson: Portraitist of Early American Baltimore" Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History circulated to Washington County Museum of Fine Art, April 11, 2021 - January 2022.
BMA, "American Naive Paintings. Pastels and Calligraphy of the 18th and 19th Centuries," Feb. 27-Apr. 15, 1973
BMA, "Maryland Heritage," Apr. 20-June 20, 1976, p. 85, no. 53, ill.
Washington County Museum of Fine Art. "Joshua Johnson: Portraitist of Early American Baltimore" Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History circulated to Washington County Museum of Fine Art, April 11, 2021 - January 2022.
Sona K. Johnston, "American Painting 1750-1900 from the Collection of The Baltimore Museum of Art," 1983, pp. 94-95, ill. p. 95.
Inscribed: None
On View: American Wing Second Floor, Haberdeventure Parlor
