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Johnson, Eastman

artist, was born July 29, 1824, in Lovell, Maine. In 1845 . In 1845 he moved from Boston to Washington , D. C., where he drew portraits of Daniel Webster, John Quincy Adams, and other distinguished men. Since 1859 he has had his studio in New York city, and since 1860 has contributed to each of the annual exhibitions of the National academy. Among his pictures are The Old Kentucky Home; Prisoners of State; The Barefoot Boy; and Bo-Peep. He ex- He excels as a portrait painter, and his works include likenesses of Grover Cleveland , Chester A. Arthur, and William M.

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