Portrait of Richard John Cock, c. 1817, Joshua Johnson, American, 1765 - 1830, 26 1/4 × 19 3/8 in. ( × cm) (sight)29 5/16 × 22 3/8 in. ( × cm), Oil on canvas, United States, 19th century, Joshua Johnson was the first-known black portrait painter in American art history. Born to a black slave, Johnson was purchased from his owner by his white father for 25 pounds in 1764, and subsequently gained his freedom after completing a blacksmithing apprenticeship

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