George Eliot, Engraving by Thomas Johnson (1881)
George Eliot, Engraving by Thomas Johnson (1881)

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American artist Thomas Johnson (1843-1904) engraved this portrait for Harper's New Monthly Magazine ("George Eliot" 1881, 62: 913). At one point, Johnson supervised the work of Henry Davidson, whose work is also included in this portrait gallery (Whittle 1919, 32). Johnson also engraved portraits of President Abraham Lincoln and Walt Whitman, in addition to Eliot ("Walt Whitman 2020," "Abraham Lincoln" 2020).

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  • Thomas Johnson

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1881