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George Johnston, Jr. (d. 1777)
Artist: John Hesselius
Date: 1765
George Johnston, Jr. was the son of George Johnston and Sarah McCarty Johnston.
Dimensions: 30 x 35 in. (76.2 x 63.5 cm.)
The subject is a young man wearing a gray jacket over a light blue waistcoat. He is turned three-quarters to his left with his left hand on his hip and his right hand resting on an upright book. He is inside of a painted oval frame.
Family: Johnston
Location: Alexandria
Decade: 1760s
Credits: Private collection, MESDA Object Database, record S-10304, Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts (MESDA), Winston-Salem, NC.