# Emma Van Name

**Joshua Johnson** (American, ca. 1763–ca. 1824)  
ca. 1805  
Oil on canvasPainting  
29 × 23 in. (73.7 × 58.4 cm)

Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2016.116. [The museum's record](https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/701989).

## About this work

A small girl in a white dress poses with a goblet and strawberries, painted by Joshua Johnson of Baltimore around 1805. Johnson, among the earliest known professional portrait painters of African descent in the United States, advertised himself as self-taught and worked for the merchant families of Maryland. His portraits of children, with their large eyes, crisp outlines and carefully placed props, have a solemn charm, and the fruit adds a note of sweetness and innocence.

_Written by Ochre Editions._

Joshua Johnson painted this in about 1805, aged 47. It is now at The Met in New York.

### How it was made

- **Oil paint.** Pigment ground in a drying oil, usually linseed. It dries slowly, so painters could blend on the canvas, build up thin translucent glazes, and rework a picture over weeks. Canvas replaced wooden panels in the 1500s because it is lighter and can be rolled.

### [Joshua Johnson](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/joshua-johnson)

American, ca. 1763–ca. 1824

## Facts

- Type: Painting
- The artist was 47
- Real size: about 29 × 23 in (74 × 58 cm). The 20 × 30 in print is close to life size.
- Century: 19th century
- Subjects: Strawberries, Girls, Portraits, Goblets
- Colour: brown
- Rights: public domain (CC0 1.0); free to use for any purpose.

## Get it

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- Print-ready file: 8 × 10 in $2; 11 × 14 in $2; 12 × 16 in $3; 16 × 20 in $3; 18 × 24 in $3; 20 × 30 in $5; 24 × 36 in $5

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