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File:Samuel Johnson by Joshua Reynolds 2.png

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