Thomas Johnston | |
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Born | 1708 |
Died | May 8, 1767 | (aged 58–59)
Nationality | American |
Occupation | Engraver |
Known for | organ building, engraving |
Notable work | first American engraved historical print, of the Battle of Lake George |
American in Colonial Boston. Johnston the Colonial America was also manufacturer of church organs in the colonies. The pipe he built in 1758-1759 Boston's Old North Church in use until another organ replaced it in 1886.
Johnston was born in 1708 in Boston, Massachusetts. [1] He was a member of the Brattle Street Church since June 5, 1726. [2]
Johnston's workshop was in his home's backyard. [3] While he advertised his businesses as being organ making, engraving, and furniture merchant, [4] he also worked as a japanner, painted coats of arms, and published books. [5] He was an engraver of skill, and a heraldic painter. [2] The paintings and engravings he sold in his store included views of Boston and heraldic works. [6] Furniture designs included rendering raised and embossed images into clocks and other furniture. [2]
Thomas Johnston produces the first engraving of a historical event ever produced in America.
Moreover, as in the case of other prints, Blodget's work, which came complete with a five-page quarto pamphlet
The large engraved plan of the battle by Johnston has been called 'the first historical print engraved in America.'
This is the first historical print engraved in America. Blodget witnessed the battle and immediately afterwards drew the original plan from which Thomas Johnson made the line engraving.
A-Prospective-Plan-of-the-Battle-fought-near-Lake-George-on-the-8th-of-September-1755. This plan, part map and part view, was engraved by Thomas Johnston and has the distinction of being the first historical print engraved in this country.
Thomas Johnston (1708–1767) three of Johnston's children followed their father's profession.
Thomas Johnston | |
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Born | 1708 |
Died | May 8, 1767 | (aged 58–59)
Nationality | American |
Occupation | Engraver |
Known for | organ building, engraving |
Notable work | first American engraved historical print, of the Battle of Lake George |
American in Colonial Boston. Johnston the Colonial America was also manufacturer of church organs in the colonies. The pipe he built in 1758-1759 Boston's Old North Church in use until another organ replaced it in 1886.
Johnston was born in 1708 in Boston, Massachusetts. [1] He was a member of the Brattle Street Church since June 5, 1726. [2]
Johnston's workshop was in his home's backyard. [3] While he advertised his businesses as being organ making, engraving, and furniture merchant, [4] he also worked as a japanner, painted coats of arms, and published books. [5] He was an engraver of skill, and a heraldic painter. [2] The paintings and engravings he sold in his store included views of Boston and heraldic works. [6] Furniture designs included rendering raised and embossed images into clocks and other furniture. [2]
Thomas Johnston produces the first engraving of a historical event ever produced in America.
Moreover, as in the case of other prints, Blodget's work, which came complete with a five-page quarto pamphlet
The large engraved plan of the battle by Johnston has been called 'the first historical print engraved in America.'
This is the first historical print engraved in America. Blodget witnessed the battle and immediately afterwards drew the original plan from which Thomas Johnson made the line engraving.
A-Prospective-Plan-of-the-Battle-fought-near-Lake-George-on-the-8th-of-September-1755. This plan, part map and part view, was engraved by Thomas Johnston and has the distinction of being the first historical print engraved in this country.
Thomas Johnston (1708–1767) three of Johnston's children followed their father's profession.