print email comment close The David Claypool Johnston Collection URL: http://www.americanantiquarian.org/Exhibitions/Johnston/ Description: A brief biography and samples of this American artist's satires, drawings, watercolors, portraits, political prints, and other illustrations. Johnston, who worked mainly in Philadelphia and Boston in the 1800s, is best known for "his contribution to the early years of lithography in America" and for his humorous and satirical works on such topics as the militia, temperance, religion, and politics. An online exhibit from the collections of the American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Mass. Publisher: American Antiquarian Society Library of Congress Subject Headings: Artists -- United States Caricatures and cartoons Johnston, David Claypoole, 1799-1865 Lithographers People LII Database Information: Record 3366 created by Martha Gifford on 04/30/2003 Last modification on 02/24/2007 Published: 04/30/2003   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/3366