Samuel Johnson L.L.D.
Print
24/06/1793 (published)
24/06/1793 (published)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Portrait, half-length, to front, looking slightly to left, with left hand raised slightly. The sitter is wearing a bobbed wig.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Samuel Johnson L.L.D. (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Mezzotint on paper |
| Brief description | Portrait, half-length of Samuel Johnson. Mezzotint after Sir Joshua Reynolds, published by John Jones, 1793. |
| Physical description | Portrait, half-length, to front, looking slightly to left, with left hand raised slightly. The sitter is wearing a bobbed wig. |
| Styles | |
| Marks and inscriptions | 'Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Engraved by Willm. Doughty. Samuel Johnson L.L.D. London. Publish'd as the Act directs June 24th 1793. by J. Jones Engraver, Great Portland Street, Marylebone.' (Lettered) |
| Credit line | Bequeathed by Rev. Alexander Dyce |
| Production | John Jones reissued this print in 1793 from an earlier plate by William Doughty, first published in 1779. |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Associated object | DYCE.2881 (Version) |
| Bibliographic reference | DYCE COLLECTION. A Catalogue of the Paintings, Miniatures, Drawings, Engravings, Rings and Miscellaneous Objects Bequeathed by The Reverend Alexander Dyce. London : South Kensington Museum : Printed by G.E. Eyre and W. Spottiswoode for H.M.S.O., 1874. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | DYCE.2880 |
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| Record created | April 20, 2010 |
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