A small attic room with one small window on the far wall and steep row on the right side. There is an opening in the center of the floor that connects to the floor below. The words: "Old Garret" are written on the top right and the date "Dec. 84" is written below Johnson's signature.
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A white man wearing a black hat, pants, and long coat walks towards the right with his head down. A skeleton dressed in white and holding a long white sword as if about to strike the man floats in the air, galloping past on a white horse.
Early work, landscape with tree and stone wall
A tree with some of its crown on top. A small, broken stone wall is by the tree and hilly meadows extend into the background.
A person stands on a tall pile of what looks like wood logs overlooking a road. A similar pile is on the other side extending as if forming fortifications. Three tall trees grow behind and others are in the background.
A stream flowing between two stone walls with trees growing on both sides and filling the background.
A view of a lake at night with most of the full moon above the horizon casting a light on the water. A small boat is on the shore in the foreground.
A girl wearing a hat and seen from behind, walks with a large umbrella in pouring rain. Water sprays from under her boots.
Pen drawing, American Hadley (Mass.) Connecticut River
A bare tree grows next to a tombstone in a cemetery. Another tombstone is in the foreground and a fence is behind the tree. The Connecticut River flows in the are in the background. Caption on back: "Hockanum cemetery. Connecticut River and Russell's 'Cove' (fence no longer exists)."
A drawing of a hen house with four small windows in the front and a larger window on the right side. The building is taller in the front than in the back and is on a small hill. A fence is behind it with a tree growing behind it.
An incomplete drawing of a woman sitting. She is faced left, has her hair in a bun and is wearing a blouse. Her arms are drawn but not her hands or lower body.
A woman sits on a bench right over water holding a long fishing pole. There is a fence lining the water on in the middleground and there are buildings and trees in the background.
Pencil drawing, American South Hadley (Mass.)
A fountain with a small basin shaped like a heart filled with water on top, and a column connecting it to a larger base reading "Blessed be the merciful" The bottom support has the initials "WCTU" written on it.
Two pails rest on the floor on the right framed as if seen through a keyhole. A shelf is hanging on a wall in the center with a picture frame and clock on the top shelf and some small jugs below. A plucked, upside-down chicken hangs on the left with its shadow cast on the wall.
A wooden chair with armrests and back support. A small extension for the head is above the back rest. The front and back legs of the chair are connected with a bar and and the left and right sides are connected by a larger bar in the center. The caption on the bottom reads "A Chair" with the "A" and "H" stylized and there is a stylized date under Johnson's signature "May 7th 84."
A pencil sketch of a barnyard with a fence in the foreground and a part of a house drawn on the right of the barn.