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John R. Johnston — John R. Johnston with Painting

John R. Johnston

John R. Johnston with Painting

1850

Rare self-documentation by a photographer includes his own artwork, providing insight into the dual identity of artist-photographers in the medium's early decades.

Medium
salted paper print from wet collodion negative

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John R. Johnston, John R. Johnston with Painting, 1850

Rare self-documentation by a photographer includes his own artwork, providing insight into the dual identity of artist-photographers in the medium's early decades.

Medium
salted paper print from wet collodion negative
Year
1850
Seen at
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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Monochrome, Photography, Mid-Career, Daguerreotype Era, Documentary, 19th Century, American, Early Photography, Portrait, Unique, Self-Portrait, Salted Paper Print, Figurative

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