Born: 1845, United States (assumed)
Died: 1917
Country most active: United States
Also known as: NA
The following is republished with permission from the Boston Women’s Heritage Trail.
The Johnston sisters were members of a family of artists residing at the Payson Avenue address.
Charlotte worked in crayon and watercolors and was also a concert pianist, actress, and elocutionist. She was a member of the Boston Museum Company and known throughout New England for her dramatic readings and stage performances. Sarah studied with William Morris Hunt and was noted for her charcoal portraits. She designed a stained-glass window called “Recording Angel” for the Barnard Memorial Chapel, a free church for children, which was located on Warrenton Street in Boston but is no longer standing. Their parents, Sarah Elizabeth Murray and David Claypoole Johnston, were artists as well. Works by members of this family are part of the collections of the American Antiquarian Society in Worcester.