Harry John Johnson

Henry John Johnson, usually known as Harry (10 April 1826 — 31 December 1884) was an English landscape and water colour painter.

He painted oil - and watercolour pictures (ruins of Sardis, the Acropolis in Athens, Temple of Athena in Aegina).

In 1844 he was making one of a number of visits to Betws-y-coed in Wales - this time with David Cox of the Birmingham School who was known for painting landscapes.

[1] Johnson has watercolours in the Victoria & Albert Museum as well as paintings in collections in Bath, Sheffield and Birmingham.

[3] At the end of his life he was living at Loudon Street in London when he left a widow and a daughter.

Hierapolis , oil painting by Harry John Johnson, c.1844
Lycian sarcophagus, c.1883.
Lycian sarcophagus, c.1883.