Charles Howard Johnson

One of Charles Howard Johnson's illustrations for the 1890 edition of The Princess

Charles Howard Johnson (1868 - 1896) was a nineteenth century American illustrator and newspaper artist. He is best known for his sparse illustrations of the 1890 U.S. edition of The princess by the English poet Alfred Lord Tennyson.

Very little is known of Johnson's life. He was born in Kansas City, and came to New York in about 1889 He worked on the magazines Life, Truth, Munsey's Magazine, and on some of the daily newspapers.

He was particularly effective in decorative work, often making the pictures fantastical.

He was engaged to be married to the actress Elita Proctor Otis, before he died at his apartment in the Union Square Hotel of brain fever on July 3 1896, after an illness of ten days.

References and links

• Johnson's obituary in the New York Times
• Page on Johnson

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Name	Johnson, Charles Howard
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Date of birth	1868
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Date of death	1896
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