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Description A portrait of Samuel Johnson by Joshua Reynolds showing Johnson pulling a book's cover back and concentrating intensely on its words. It also, Johnson felt, shows his weak eyes.
Date 1775[1]
Source Originally in English Wikipedia, uploaded 21:07, 2005 June 14 by w:User:Geogre
Scanned from: Rogers, Pat (2001). The Oxford Illustrated History of English Literature. Oxford University Press, p. 241. ISBN 1435295811
Author
Joshua Reynolds  (1723–1792)  wikidata:Q194402 s:en:Author:Joshua Reynolds q:en:Joshua Reynolds
 
Joshua Reynolds
Description British painter, writer, art collector and visual artist
Date of birth/death 16 July 1723 Edit this at Wikidata 23 February 1792 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Plympton Edit this at Wikidata London Edit this at Wikidata
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London, Plympton, Italy
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creator QS:P170,Q194402

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  • (del) (cur) 02:07, 15 June 2005 . . en:User:Geogre Geogre ( en:User_talk:Geogre Talk) . . 832x1119 (547160 bytes) (The famous en:Joshua_Reynolds Joshua Reynolds portrait of en:Samuel_Johnson Samuel Johnson showing Johnson pulling a book's cover back and concentrating intensely on its words. It also, Johnson felt, shows his weak eyes. { { PD-art } })

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  1. ↑ Description page at The Bridgeman Art Library (Image ID: BAL 1551)

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