Johnston, John Taylor, 1820-1893 |
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Collector |
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1820-1893 |
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New York City |
| state | NY | | other cities | Edinburgh, United Kingdom; |
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John Taylor Johnston was an art collector, railroad executive, and first president of Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1870-1889.
Johnston sold his art collection in 1876 realizing approximately $328,000. The collection was comprised of both American and European works of art and included work by Gilbert Stuart, Allston, West, Church, Eastman Johnson, Durand, Kensett, Thomas Cole, Huntington, Holman Hunt, and Delaroche among others.
Johnston is discussed in Frederick Baekeland's "Collectors of American Painting, 1813-1913," American Art Review, 3, Nov.-Dec. 1976.
Lent work to The Universal Exhibition held in Paris, 1867.
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decades
of activity | 1840-1850
1850-1860
1860-1870
1870-1880
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| website | https://archive.org/details/b1469348_c1 |
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Collection Title |
Collection Details |
Yale University Library
Manuscripts and Archives |
Ebenezer Alfred Johnson family papers, 1760-1969 (inclusive), 1830-1919 (bulk). |
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The New-York Historical Society
Manuscript Department |
International Relief Committee Records, 1862-1863. |
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Hagley Museum and Library
Manuscripts & Archives Dept. |
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Company Records, 1849-1960.
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Hagley Museum and Library
Manuscripts & Archives Dept. |
Central Railroad Company of New Jersey Records, 1839-1973.
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The Getty Research Institute
Research Libraries, Archives and Special Collections |
Letter, 1871 Jan. 17, N.Y., to James Lorimer Graham.
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New York University Archives
Elmer Holmes Bobst Library, 10th Floor |
A university for its time -- the formative years: 1830-1870 (MC 43) |
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Hagley Museum and Library
Manuscripts & Archives Dept. |
North Pennsylvania Railroad Company Records, 1836-1982.
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Please see individual record for location |
John Taylor Johnston Collection, 1832-1981 |
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Office of the Secretary records, 1870-[ongoing]. |
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New York Public Library, Manuscripts and Archives Division
Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, Rm 328 |
Colles family papers, 1801-1957. |
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The New-York Historical Society
Manuscript Department |
Daniel Huntington Study Portrait Collection, ca. 1870-1890 |
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