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‘I stole his likeness’: an unknown drawing of Samuel Johnson and James Boswell
03/2019 | 1392 | 161
Pages: 222-224
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Author:
Clingham, Greg (Clingham, Greg)
Subjects
art literature:
Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784 / Boswell, James
artists:
Lindsay (Barnard), Anne , Lady / Opie, John / Reynolds, Joshua
dates:
1780-1829
media:
Drawings
subjects:
Portraits
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Samuel Johnson, by John Opie. 1783–84. Canvas, 76.5 by 64 cm. (Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge MA).
Attributed works:
2. James Boswell, by Joshua Reynolds. 1785. Canvas, 76.2 by 63.5 cm. (National Portrait Gallery, London).
Attributed works:
3. Samuel Johnson and James Boswell, by Lady Anne Barnard. c.1810. Pencil and watercolour on paper, drawing 42 by 20 cm. (National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh, Archives and Manuscript Collection, Lady Anne Barnard, Acc 9769, Personal Papers, 27/4/13, II, fol.210).