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Summary
DescriptionSamuel Johnson by Joshua Reynolds 2.png |
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.
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1775 |
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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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- (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 } })
Notes
- ↑ Description page at The Bridgeman Art Library (Image ID: BAL 1551)
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