Facsimile from Johnston's commission Small 239×320 Medium 477×640 Large 763×1024 Download Tiff Original 1789×2400 | (3.4 MB) Description A depiction of the commission given to the American spy William Johnston in the War of 1812. Keywords commission, War of 1812, William Johnston Galleries 1789-1860 American Republic Source: Benson John Lossing, ed. Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (vol. 5) (New York, NY: Harper and Brothers, 1912)