The New York Chamber of Commerce Portrait Collection

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Charles G. Landon (1818-1893)

Eastman Johnson (1824-1906)
Oil on canvas, 1888
Gift of the Partnership for New York City, Inc.
NYSM 2003.41.54

Charles Griswold Landon was a prominent dry-goods merchant in New York City. He was a member of the firm of Samuel B. Chittenden.

Johnson painted Landon during the period after 1880 when the famous artist had shifted his attention from painting genre scenes to filling numerous portrait commissions.

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