Kennedy Galleries, New York Northeast Auctions, The Pamela & Donald Levine Collection of American Glass & Lighting 1825-1875, August 5, 2005, lot 1490 [with] Stephen & Carol Huber, Old Saybrook, Connecticut (acquired from the above) Wolf Family Collection No. 1238 (acquired from the above on October 11, 2005)
William Samuel Johnson led a distinguished career as a lawyer, a member of the Federal Convention, and the first President of Columbia College. A handwritten inscription on the backing paper identifies the sitter.