MediumTintype, uncased; Albumen Print; Mounted; Silver Gelatin Print; Album
Object numberMSS-48_s-h
Institutional Credit LineCourtesy of the New Bedford Whaling Museum
Description48 items: photographs of Horace Clinton Johnson, Johnson's family and co-workers. Also included are photographs of Johnson's house and his art work; of ships, and the elder Johnson's spar yard, circa 1860-1933. Horace Clinton Johnson was born in New Bedford, Mass., in 1857, son of spar and mast maker. At age sixteen, Johnson went to work at Mt. Washington Glass Works in New Bedford. In about 1875, he went to sea in the company of Henry Libby, former manager of the works, and began a career in the merchant trade between the United States and Europe. In 1886, Johnson was employed by the New England Steamship Company for the New Bedford line, and he remained in that post until his retirement in 1932. In addition to his activities as a ship pilot and master, Johnson was also an artist of marked ability. He specialized in creating portraits of many of the great sailing vessels of the era, depicting these ships by using velvet, silk embroidery, applique and oils.On View
Not on view1725-1960
ca. 1837
Post 1845
ca. 1850
National Geographic Society
Association for the Relief of Aged Women (New Bedford, Mass.)
1886-2018
