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Preferred Citation:

Eastman Johnson Letter to John Elderkin, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Acquisition Information:

Purchase with Jesse Choate Phillips Fund.

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Scope and Contents

Eastman Johnson apologizes to [John] Elderkin for the gentleman who had not seen the Harper portrait after today's work on it," reporting that it is now finished and inviting Elderkin to call again.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Artists--United States
• Portraits, American