Nineteenth Century New Zealand Artists: A Guide & Handbook
JOHNSON, John Grant
JOHNSON, John Grant
Son of Dr John Johnson, Colonial Surgeon; arrived Auckland from New South Wales 1841. Worked as a Government official in Auckland and c.1845 in Russell. By 1852 was a trader in the Waikato, his centre at Tahuna near Morrinsville. Many watercolour and wash sketches similar to his father's are in AIML.