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David Claypoole Johnston

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Artworks (13)

The House that Jeff Built

1863 · etching in black on wove paper

plate: 27.46 × 36.51 cm (10 13/16 × 14 3/8 in.) sheet: 30.16 × 42.7 cm (11 7/8 × 16 13/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Study for "The House that Jeff Built"

1863 · graphite on wove paper

sheet: 9.21 × 9.21 cm (3 5/8 × 3 5/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Relaxing Soldier

1855 · graphite with pen and black ink on wove paper

image (irregular): 8.89 × 15.88 cm (3 1/2 × 6 1/4 in.) sheet: 16.19 × 22.23 cm (6 3/8 × 8 3/4 in.)

National Gallery of Art

At the Waterfall

1850 · Watercolor, gum arabic, and gouache on off-white wove paper

8 5/8 x 12 3/4 in. (21.9 x 32.4 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Washington Allston

1843 · Etching and engraving on ivory wove paper

Plate: 22 × 4.8 cm (8 11/16 × 1 15/16 in.); Sheet: 26.2 × 16.9 cm (10 3/8 × 6 11/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Mr. Johnson as Crack

1834 · lithograph on paper

image: 9 3/4 x 6 1/4 in. (24.7 x 15.9 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Grand Fantastical Parade, New-York, December 2, 1833

1833 · Hand-colored lithograph

image: 19 1/2 x 10 7/8 in. (49.5 x 27.6 cm) sheet: 22 5/16 x 16 9/16 in. (56.6 x 42 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Lock on the Understanding, Heavy Wet, etc.

1832 · Etching

sheet: 10 5/16 x 12 5/8 in. (26.2 x 32 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Muses

1831

sheet: 3 3/8 x 5 5/8 in. (8.6 x 14.2 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

The Bostonians Paying the Excise-Man, or Tarring & Feathering

1830 · Lithograph

image: 12 1/16 x 10 1/8 in. (30.6 x 25.7 cm) sheet: 13 15/16 x 11 in. (35.4 x 28 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A New Method of Macarony Making, as Practised at Boston

1830 · Lithograph

image: 12 1/16 x 10 in. (30.6 x 25.4 cm) sheet: 14 1/8 x 11 in. (35.8 x 28 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Late Mrs. Morris

1828 · Engraving and stipple on ivory wove paper

Plate: 16.8 × 10.6 cm (6 5/8 × 4 3/16 in.); Sheet: 23.5 × 16.1 cm (9 5/16 × 6 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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John Jeffries, M.D.

1820 · Lithograph in black on cream wove paper

Image: 9.4 × 8.4 cm (3 3/4 × 3 5/16 in.); Sheet: 23.5 × 14.7 cm (9 5/16 × 5 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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13 published of 13 catalogued · 12 with image

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Art Institute Chicago
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Nga
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Smithsonian
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