Elizabeth Grant Bankson Beatty (Mrs. James Beatty) and Her Daughter Susan

1805·Oil on canvas·82.9 × 72.8 cm (32 5/8 × 28 5/8 in.)

Purchased with funds provided by Robin and Timm R. Reynolds and Jill Burnside Zeno; Bulley and Andrews, Edna Graham, Love Galleries, Mary Swissler Oldberg, Ratcliffe Foundation, and Quinn E. Delaney funds; Walter Aitken, Dr. Julian Archie, Mr. and Mrs. Perry Herst, Jay W. McGreevy, Mr. and Mrs. John W. Puth, Stone Foundation, and Mr. and Mrs. Frederick G. Wacker, Jr. endowment funds; through prior acquisitions of the George F. Harding Collection and Ruth Helgeson

Catalogue

Year: 1805
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 82.9 × 72.8 cm (32 5/8 × 28 5/8 in.)
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
Artist: Joshua Johnson

Artist

Joshua Johnson

Painting

Joshua Johns[t]on was an American painter from the vicinity of Baltimore, Maryland of African and European ancestry. Johnson is known for his portrait paintings of prominent Maryland residents and their children. He was the "earliest documented professional African-American painter".

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