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David C. Johnston American, 1799-1865 Waterfall

David C. Johnston American, 1799-1865 Waterfall Watercolor on paper 9 1/2 x 13 1/4 inches Provenance: Kennedy Galleries, New York C 

DAVID CLAYPOOLE JOHNSTON (PA/MA, 1799-1865)

"Ship in Storm", watercolor on paper, unsigned, artist identified and title noted on Hirschl & Adler Galleries of New York label verso, housed in a gilt cove frame with blue French-ruled mat, glazed, OS: 13" x 15 1/2", SS: 6" x 8 1/2". Good condition, minor frame loss.

DAVID CLAYPOOLE JOHNSTON (PA/MA, 1799-1865)

"Ship in Storm", watercolor on paper, unsigned, artist identified and title noted on Hirschl & Adler Galleries of New York label verso, housed in a gilt cove frame with blue French-ruled mat, glazed, OS: 13" x 15 1/2", SS: 6" x 8 1/2". Good condition, minor frame loss.

David Claypoole Johnston (1798-1865)

A Note About David Claypoole Johnston with a Check List of his Book Illustrations The first American comic artist to have a sustained and popular career. Rare. Author: David Tatham Illustrations B/W Plates Dated: 1970 Signed: Presentation Signed Pages 16pp Publisher: Syracuse University Edition: 1st Size: 8vo Binding Trade Wraps Type: Bibliography Subject: Early American Comic Illustration Provenance: Goodspeed's Reference Library Condition Report Very Good

David Claypoole Johnston (1798-1865)

A Note About David Claypoole Johnston with a Check List of his Book Illustrations The first American comic artist to have a sustained and popular career. Rare. Author: David Tatham Illustrations B/W Plates Dated: 1970 Signed: Presentation Signed Pages 16pp Publisher: Syracuse University Edition: 1st Size: 8vo Binding Trade Wraps Type: Bibliography Subject: Early American Comic Illustration Provenance: Goodspeed's Reference Library Condition Report Very Good

David Claypoole Johnston (1798-1865)

A Note About David Claypoole Johnston with a Check List of his Book Illustrations The first American comic artist to have a sustained and popular career. Rare. Author: David Tatham Illustrations B/W Plates Dated: 1970 Signed: Presentation Signed Pages 16pp Publisher: Syracuse University Edition: 1st Size: 8vo Binding Trade Wraps Type: Bibliography Subject: Early American Comic Illustration Provenance: Goodspeed's Reference Library Condition Report Very Good

David Claypoole Johnston, Am. 1799-1865, "Windmill Landscape" & "River Falls" (a pair), Watercolor on Paper, Windmill: 5.5" x 7.25" Sig

David Claypoole Johnston Am. 1799-1865 "Windmill Landscape" & "River Falls" (a pair) Watercolor on Paper Windmill: Signed lower left. River: No visible signature. Artwork not examined out of frame. Windmill: 5.5" x 7.25" Sight, 13.75" x 15.75" Framed, River: 5" x 6.5" Sight, 13.75" x 15.75" Framed Provenance: Windmill has Kennedy Galleries, Inc. tag verso.

David Claypoole Johnston (1798-1865)

A Note About David Claypoole Johnston with a Check List of his Book Illustrations The first American comic artist to have a sustained and popular career. Rare. Author: David Tatham Illustrations B/W Plates Dated: 1970 Signed: Presentation Signed Pages 16pp Publisher: Syracuse University Edition: 1st Size: 8vo Binding Trade Wraps Type: Bibliography Subject: Early American Comic Illustration Provenance: Goodspeed's Reference Library Condition Report Very Good

David Claypoole Johnston (1798-1865)

A Note About David Claypoole Johnston with a Check List of his Book Illustrations The first American comic artist to have a sustained and popular career. Rare. Author: David Tatham Illustrations B/W Plates Dated: 1970 Signed: Presentation Signed Pages 16pp Publisher: Syracuse University Edition: 1st Size: 8vo Binding Trade Wraps Type: Bibliography Subject: Early American Comic Illustration Provenance: Goodspeed's Reference Library Condition Report Very Good

POLITICAL CARTOON "THE CONVENT COMMITTEE, BETTER KNOWN AS THE SMELLING COMMITTEE" Subtitled "in the exercise of their onerous and ar...

POLITICAL CARTOON "THE CONVENT COMMITTEE, BETTER KNOWN AS THE SMELLING COMMITTEE" Boston, Circa 1855 Subtitled "in the exercise of their onerous and arduous duties at the Ladies Catholic Seminary Roxbury". After a work by David Claypoole Johnston, (American, 1799-1865). A satirical cartoon lampooning the Know-Nothing Party's investigation into alleged sexual misconduct in Catholic nunneries. Lithograph on paper, 11.5" x 15" sight. Framed 18" x 21.5". Note: This appears to be a very rare image; copies exist in the collections of Harvard University and The Boston Atheneum.

1797 David Claypoole Johnston 1965 Colored Print

2" X 3" Print. Tag On Frame Reads: 1797 David Claypoole Johnston 1965. Framed And Under Glass: 12" X 15".

DAVID CLAYPOOLE JOHNSTON (AMERICAN 1799-1865). LANDSCAPE WITH RIVER FALLS.

Watercolor on paper, 5 x 6 3/4 inches. The reverse with label for Kennedy Galleries.

SARAH JANE FRANCES JOHNSTON CHARCOAL PORTRAIT DRAWING

PORTRAIT OF A PRETTY YOUNG GIRL WEARING A SHEER GOWN WITH LACY COLLAR - LOOKING LEFT - UNSIGNED - ATTRIBUTED AND KNOWN TO BE S.J.F. JOHNSTON - DAUGHTER OF DAVID CLAYPOOL JOHNSTON - (15 3/4" X 11 1/2") DOUBLE MATTED IN A MOLDED WOODEN FRAME

(4) DAVID CLAYPOOL JOHNSTON ENGRAVED POLITICAL SATIRICAL MECHANICAL METAMORPHIC ENVELOPE CARDS

(4) ENGRAVED METAMORPHIC CARD SATIRES INC. (2) JEFF DAVIS CAPTIONED "AFTER THE SURRENDER OF"; "FORT SUMTER - APRIL 13, 1861" & "VICKSBURG - JULY 4, 1863"; ALONG WITH (2) COLORED ENGRAVINGS OF MARTIN VAN BUREN CAPTIONED "A BEAUTIFUL GOBLET OF WHITEHOUSE CHAMPAGNE" & "AN UGLY MUG OF LOG CABIN HARD CIDER" - NO'S (59) AND (76) IN "DAVID CLAYPOOL JOHNSTON" BY MALCOLM JOHNSTON (1970) - AVERAGING 6" X 3" WITH EXTENDED TABS

(4) DAVID CLAYPOOL JOHNSTON ENGRAVED POLITICAL SATIRICAL MECHANICAL METAMORPHIC ENVELOPE CARDS

(4) ENGRAVED METAMORPHIC CARD SATIRES INC. (2) JEFF DAVIS CAPTIONED "AFTER THE SURRENDER OF"; "FORT SUMTER - APRIL 13, 1861" & "VICKSBURG - JULY 4, 1863"; ALONG WITH (2) COLORED ENGRAVINGS OF MARTIN VAN BUREN CAPTIONED "A BEAUTIFUL GOBLET OF WHITEHOUSE CHAMPAGNE" & "AN UGLY MUG OF LOG CABIN HARD CIDER" - NO'S (59) AND (76) IN "DAVID CLAYPOOL JOHNSTON" BY MALCOLM JOHNSTON (1970) - AVERAGING 6" X 3" WITH EXTENDED TABS

(4) DAVID CLAYPOOL JOHNSTON ENGRAVED POLITICAL SATIRICAL MECHANICAL METAMORPHIC ENVELOPE CARDS

(4) ENGRAVED METAMORPHIC CARD SATIRES INC. (2) JEFF DAVIS CAPTIONED "AFTER THE SURRENDER OF"; "FORT SUMTER - APRIL 13, 1861" & "VICKSBURG - JULY 4, 1863"; ALONG WITH (2) COLORED ENGRAVINGS OF MARTIN VAN BUREN CAPTIONED "A BEAUTIFUL GOBLET OF WHITEHOUSE CHAMPAGNE" & "AN UGLY MUG OF LOG CABIN HARD CIDER" - NO'S (59) AND (76) IN "DAVID CLAYPOOL JOHNSTON" BY MALCOLM JOHNSTON (1970) - AVERAGING 6" X 3" WITH EXTENDED TABS

DAVID CLAYPOOL JOHNSTON PEN AND INK WATERCOLOR SATIRE PAINTING OF ANDREW JACKSON

WATERCOLOR FIGURE STUDY PORTRAIT IN SATIRE OF ANDREW JACKSON FOR SUBSEQUENT ENGRAVING TITLED "RICHARD III" - DEPICTING THE FAMOUS GENERAL IN COMPOSITE COLLAGE OF SUFFERING BODIES, CANNONS AND A JAIL DOOR - UNDER A TENT WITH BILLOWING SMOKE STACK - CIRCA 1827 - WITH DESCRIPTIVE TEXT ON BACK - UNSIGNED - ATTRIBUTED AND KNOWN TO BE DAVID CLAYPOOL JOHNSTON (6 1/8" X 4 3/4") IN A PART PAINTED MOLDED WOODEN FRAME - A RARE AND IMPORTANT ANTI-JACKSON SATIRE - INCLUDES "DAVID CLAYPOOL JOHNSTON" BY MALCOLM JOHNSTON (1970) WITH ILLUSTRATION #47 DEPICTING THE FINAL ENGRAVING BASED ON THIS WATERCOLOR - WITH SIGNED PRESENTATION FROM THE AUTHOR

DAVID CLAYPOOL JOHNSTON OIL PAINTING OF DON QUIXOTE

OIL PAINTING ON PAPER - PORTRAIT OF CERVANTES FAMOUS "HERO" CHARACTER DON QUIXOTE - SHOWN IN A BLACK CAPE WITH A FLAMBOYANT WHITE SPANISH COLLAR LOOKING RIGHT - UNSIGNED - ATTRIBUTED AND KNOWN TO BE DAVID CLAYPOOL JOHNSTON (5 1/2" X 3 3/4") IN A WOODEN FRAME WITH GILT MOLDED PLASTER LINER

(4) DAVID CLAYPOOL JOHNSTON ENGRAVED POLITICAL SATIRICAL MECHANICAL METAMORPHIC ENVELOPE CARDS

(4) ENGRAVED METAMORPHIC CARD SATIRES INC. (2) JEFF DAVIS CAPTIONED "AFTER THE SURRENDER OF"; "FORT SUMTER - APRIL 13, 1861" & "VICKSBURG - JULY 4, 1863"; ALONG WITH (2) COLORED ENGRAVINGS OF MARTIN VAN BUREN CAPTIONED "A BEAUTIFUL GOBLET OF WHITEHOUSE CHAMPAGNE" & "AN UGLY MUG OF LOG CABIN HARD CIDER" - NO'S (59) AND (76) IN "DAVID CLAYPOOL JOHNSTON" BY MALCOLM JOHNSTON (1970) - AVERAGING 6" X 3" WITH EXTENDED TABS

DAVID CLAYPOOL JOHNSTON PORTRAIT OIL PAINTING

OIL PAINTING ON WOODEN BOARD - PORTRAIT OF A PRETTY YOUNG GIRL IN A RED SCARF FACING RIGHT - UNSIGNED - ATTRIBUTED AND KNOWN TO BE DAVID CLAYPOOL JOHNSTON (8 1/4" X 6 1/4") IN A GILT AND PAINTED MOLDED WOODEN FRAME - MARKED ON BACK WITH INITIALS "O M J"AND "MODEL"

DAVID CLAYPOOL JOHNSTON PORTRAIT OIL PAINTING

OIL PAINTING ON CANVAS - PORTRAIT OF A PRETTY YOUNG WOMAN WITH RED HAIR LOOKING RIGHT - WEARING A RED DRESS WITH THIN WHITE COLLAR - UNSIGNED - ATTRIBUTED AND KNOWN TO BE DAVID CLAYPOOL JOHNSTON (9 3/4" X 7 1/4") IN A GILT AND PAINTED MOLDED WOODEN FRAME - MARKED ON BACK - "FROM A MODEL" - INCLUDES A 4 1/2" X 7 1/2" ALBUMIN PHOTOGRAPH OF THE INTERIOR OF THE ARTIST'S DORCHESTER MA. PARLOR WHICH INCLUDES THIS PAINTING

(3) DAVID CLAYPOOL JOHNSTON ENGRAVED POLITICAL SATIRICAL MECHANICAL METAMORPHIC ENVELOPE CARDS

(3) DIFFERENT ENGRAVED METAMORPHIC CARD SATIRES INC. (1) - JEFF DAVIS CAPTIONED "AFTER THE SURRENDER OF": "FORT SUMTER - APRIL 13, 1861" & "VICKSBURG - JULY 4, 1863"; ALONG WITH (2) COLORED ENGRAVINGS INC. (1) - MARTIN VAN BUREN CAPTIONED "A BEAUTIFUL GOBLET OF WHITEHOUSE CHAMPAGNE" & "AN UGLY MUG OF LOG CABIN HARD CIDER" AND (1) - JONATHAN SOAKER WITH (6) LINES OF TEXT RELATED TO BEFORE AND AFTER THE GOVERNOR'S SIGNING/VETO OF THE LIQUOR BILL ETC. - NO.'S (59), (67) AND (76) IN "DAVID CLAYPOOL JOHNSTON" BY MALCOLM JOHNSTON (1970) - AVERAGING 6" X 3" WITH EXTENDED TABS

19TH CENT. DAVID CLAYPOOL JOHNSTON LITHOGRAPH ENGRAVING TITLED - A PRO SLAVERY INCANTATION SCENE OR SHAKESPEARE IMPROVED

D.C. JOHNSTON POLITICAL SATIRE LITHOGRAPH ENGRAVING DEPICTING THE SENTIMENTS AND PERSONALITIES OF THE SOUTHERN PRO SLAVERY PLATFORM JUST PRIOR TO THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR - ILLUSTRATED IN A SATIRE BASED ON SHAKESPEARE'S "MACBETH" CAULDRON SCENE WITH WITCHES - TITLED "A PRO SLAVERY INCANTATION SCENE OR SHAKESPEARE IMPROVED" (12" X 16") UNFRAMED - INCLUDES "ART & COMMERCE: AMERICAN PRINTS OF THE 19TH C." - (1978) - WITH DISCUSSION OF D.C. JOHNSTON'S SATIRIC VIEWS

19TH CENT. DAVID CLAYPOOL JOHNSTON STUDIO COMIC COLORED ETCHING TITLED - SOUND ASLEEP, WIDE AWAKE

COLORED COMIC ETCHING DEPICTING AN UNFORTUNATE MAN BEING VICTIMIZED BY A PRANKSTER WHILE SLEEPING IN FRONT OF THE MARKER & SLEEPER STORE FRONT - TITLED "SOUND ASLEEP, WIDE AWAKE" - NO PUBLISHING REMARKS - KNOWN TO BE D.C. JOHNSTON STUDIO -BOSTON - CIRCA 1850'S - NO. (68) IN "DAVID CLAYPOOL JOHNSTON" BY MALCOLM JOHNSTON (1970) - PLATE STRIKE UNCERTAIN (9 3/4" X 12 1/2") DOUBLE MATTED IN A GILT AND PAINTED MOLDED WOODEN FRAME

19TH CENT. DAVID CLAYPOOL JOHNSTON STUDIO COMIC COLORED ETCHING TITLED - A STUNNER

COLORED COMIC ETCHING DEPICTING AN UNFORTUNATE MAN ADMIRING THE SHADOW OF HIS TOP HAT ON A STREET CORNER - TITLED "A STUNNER" - WITH ADDITIONAL CAPTION "WA-AL! IF THAT'R SHADER'S RIGHT; MY HAT'S A STUNNER" - DESIGNED, ETCHED AND PUBLISHED BY D.C. JOHNSTON STUDIO BUILDING - BOSTON - CIRCA 1850'S - NO. (73) IN "DAVID CLAYPOOL JOHNSTON" BY MALCOLM JOHNSTON (1970) - PLATE STRIKE UNCERTAIN (11 1/4" X 8 1/4") DOUBLE MATTED IN A GILT AND PAINTED MOLDED WOODEN FRAME

(4) DAVID CLAYPOOL JOHNSTON ENGRAVED POLITICAL SATIRICAL MECHANICAL METAMORPHIC ENVELOPE CARDS

(4) COLORED ENGRAVED METAMORPHIC CARD SATIRES OF MARTIN VAN BUREN - CAPTIONED "A BEAUTIFUL GOBLET OF WHTIEHOUSE CHAMPAGNE" & "AN UGLY MUG OF LOG CABIN HARD CIDER" - NO. (59) IN "DAVID CLAYPOOL JOHNSTON" BY MALCOLM JOHNSTON (1970) - AVERAGING 6" X 3" WITH EXTENDED TABS

DAVID CLAYPOOL JOHNSTON WATERCOLOR PORTRAIT PAINTING OF A GENTLEMAN

WATERCOLOR PORTRAIT OF A DISTINGUISHED MATURE GENTLEMAN - WEARING A BLACK TOP COAT, WHITE SHIRT AND BLACK CRAVAT FACING RIGHT - UNSIGNED - ATTRIBUTED AND KNOWN TO BE DAVID CLAYPOOL JOHNSTON (6 3/8" X 4 1/8") IN A GILT RIPPLE MOLDED WOODEN FRAME

DAVID CLAYPOOL JOHNSTON SELF PORTRAIT OIL PAINTING

OIL ON CANVAS - SELF PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG MAN - WEARING A BLACK TOP COAT, WHITE SHIRT AND BLACK CRAVAT - UNSIGNED - ATTRIBUTED AND KNOWN TO BE DAVID CLAYPOOL JOHNSTON (9 1/2" X 7 1/2") IN A GILT AND PAINTED MOLDED WOODEN FRAME

THE LESSON. ATTRIBUTED TO DAVID CLAYPOOL JOHNSTON (1799-1865).

Oil on board, 13 3/4 x 17 inches. Provenance: Estate of Amelia Peabody.

DAVID CLAYPOOL JOHNSTON (AMERICAN 1799-1865). A PAST MEMBER OUTSIDE OF THE OLD SOUTH CHURCH.

Oil on board, 10 1/2 x 12 inches. The reverse with old label inscribed with title and artist.Provenance: Whitney Estate, Milton, Massachusetts, October 1981.

DAVID CLAYPOOLE JOHNSTON (AMERICAN 1799-1865). LANDSCAPE WITH WATERFALL.

Watercolor on paper, 9 1/2 x 13 1/4 inches.

DAVID CLAYPOOL JOHNSTON (AMERICAN 1799-1865). VIEW BETWEEN DORCHESTER AND MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

Watercolor on paper, 9 1/2 x 12 inches, sight. Initialed "D.C.J" l.r.

David Claypoole Johnston (AMERICAN, 1799-1865)

David Claypoole Johnston (AMERICAN, 1799-1865) Portrait of Charley Williams born in Boston Sept 7th 1789, oil on canvas laid on board, 27"x22" comes with provenance letters

Attributed to David Claypoole Johnston, (Pennsylvania/Massachusetts, 1799-1865) Harbor Scene. Artist identified on a label affixed to t

Attributed to David Claypoole Johnston, (Pennsylvania/Massachusetts, 1799-1865) Harbor Scene. Artist identified on a label affixed to the reverse. Ink, gouache, and graphite on wove paper, purportedly depicting a Boston Harbor scene drawn for an early banknote, 4 1/8 x 4 7/8 in., in a later molded wood frame. Condition: Light toning.

Johnston, David Claypoole

Johnston, David Claypoole Pennsylvania/Massachusetts (1799-1865) COUNTRY LANDSCAPE watercolor on paper, framed signed: lower left, DCJ sight size: H8 1/4" W11 1/2" *Provenance: Kennedy Galleries, New York. *Artist biography: David Claypoole Johnston, the first American satirical artist of note, was born in Philadelphia in 1798. He was apprenticed to Francis Kearney, a local engraver, from 1815 to 1819. Johnston may have lived in London from 1822 to 1824. Although his first caricatures date from about 1819, his career may be said to have begun when he settled in Boston, Massachusetts in 1825. He made the first commercially successful American lithographs, beginning with an illustration for the "Boston Monthly Magazine" in December, 1835. (Bass Otis is thought to have created the first American lithograph in 1819 in Philadelphia). Between 1828 and 1849, Johnston published nine volumes of "Scraps," based on the journal "Scraps and Sketches," first published by the British caricaturist George Cruickshank in 1827. Johnston included between nine and twelve vignettes in his volumes, each satirizing different aspects of American life. Altogether, he illustrated more than forty books, and made more than one hundred paintings, mostly watercolors, many of which are in the American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Massachusetts. About 250 of his drawings are in the Houghton Library, Harvard University. Johnston's subject matter was often drawn from the theater, with which he was familiar both as an observer and performer. His style was that of an illustrator, clean and easy to read. His caricatures exaggerated the foibles of his subjects rather than their physical characteristics or oddities of personality, indicating that he was more interested in humor than in harming or hurting people. David Johnston died in 1865.

David Claypool Johnston (American, 1799-1865), The Shipyard, Unsigned., Condition: Subtle toning, not examined out of frame. N.B. The l

David Claypool Johnston (American, 1799-1865), Theatrical Study, Unsigned., Condition: Toning, creasing, minor staining, not examined o