Frank Johnson portrait
Permanent ID:
2293Date:
1846Image Description:
Portrait (lithograph from a daguerreotype, 1846) of Francis "Frank" Johnson (1792-1844), an African-American musician and composer. Johnson was born in Martinique in the West Indies and moved to Philadelphia around 1809, where he became well-known as the leader of a dance orchestra. His compositions include cotillions, quadrilles, marches, arrangements of operatic arias, and songs, sentimental and patriotic. Johnson's Military Band of African-American musicians notably played for various military regiments and also supplied the majority share of the music performed during the celebrations of General Lafayette's triumphant return to Philadelphia in 1824.Format:
LithographsCollection:
Ferdinand Julius Dreer collectionRelated People or Organizations:
Arch St. Gallery of the Daguerrotype, Philadelphia (publisher)Wagner & McGuigan (printer)
Johnson, Francis, 1792-1844 (depicted)