Eastman Johnson Letters 1861-1896

McEntee, Jervis, 1829-1891

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Elderkin, John, 1841-1926

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John Elderkin was a New Yorker and a founder of the Lotos Club in 1870, a private club for journalists, literary men, artists, and members of musical and dramatic professions in New York. The club entertained visiting celebrities such as Mark Twain, Henry M. Stanley, Jacques Offenbach, Wilkie Collins, and King Kalahaua, among others. Elderkin joined the staff of the New York ledger in 1856 and later became its editor until the end of 1902. He wrote A brief history of the Lotos Club (1895), Speec...

Levy, Florence N. (Florence Nightingale), 1870-1947

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Arts administrator and educator, New York City. From the description of Florence Nightingale Levy papers, 1899-1946 (bulk 1908-1926). (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record id: 58778959 Florence Nightingale Levy (1870-1947) was an art editor and educator of New York City. From the description of Florence Nightingale Levy papers, 1890-1947. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122378702 From the guide to the Florence Nightingale Levy papers, 18...

Johnson, Eastman, 1824-1906

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American painter and printmaker Jonathan Eastman Johnson was born in Lovell, Maine in 1824. After apprenticing with a Boston lithographer, he moved to Washington D.C. in 1845 and became a portraitist of prominent Americans, including Daniel Webster and Dolly Madison. Beginning in 1849, Johnson spent two years at the Royal Academy in Dusseldorf, Germany, studying with Emanuel Leutze, and three years at The Hague. After returning to America in 1855, he settled in New York and focused on painting A...