Dr Johnson Collection

AI IMAGE - Portrait of Samuel Johnson, 1760s, (2023). Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - Portrait of Samuel Johnson, 1760s, (2023). Dr Johnson (1709-1784) was a British writer, poet, playwright, essayist, moralist, literary critic, biographer, editor and lexicographer

Samuel Johnson, 1770. Creator: James Watson
Samuel Johnson, 1770

King Edwards's Grammar-School, at Lichfield, 1850. Creator: Unknown
King Edwards's Grammar-School, at Lichfield, [Staffordshire], 1850. At this School some of the most eminent men of this country received the rudiments of their education

Lichfield "Greenhill Bower" on Whit-Monday - the Procession passing the Statue of Dr. Johnson, 1850. Annual tradition, procession of knights in armour

Dr. Johnson, n.d. Creator: Unknown
Dr. Johnson, n.d

Sniggling for Eels - drawn by Duncan, 1850. Creator: M Jackson
Sniggling for Eels - drawn by Duncan, 1850....call to mind the semi-snaky creatures that furnish our dramatis personae - pseudo-serpents

Percy, (1729-1811), 1830. Creator: Unknown
Percy, (1729-1811), 1830. Thomas Percy (1729-1811) Bishop of Dromore, chaplain to George III and Romantic poet educated at Christ Church, Oxford, a friend of Samuel Johnson and James Boswell

Mr. Davies Shop, Russell Street, (1881). Creator: Unknown
Mr. Davies Shop, Russell Street, (1881). The bookshop of bookseller and author Thomas Davies (c1713-1785) at Russell Street in Covent Garden, London

Dr Johnson and Boswell in Fleet Street, (1884). Artist: Charles Green
Dr Johnson and Boswell in Fleet Street, (1884). Boswell: I talked of the cheerfulness of Fleet Street, owing to the constant quick succession of people which we perceive passing through it

Known Characters in a Chop House, 1800-1820. 1800-1820. Creator: Anon
Known Characters in a Chop House, 1800-1820

Les Gourmands, 1780-1820. 1780-1820. Creator: Anon
Les Gourmands, 1780-1820

The Journalist, With a View of Auckinleck-or the Land of Stones (Picturesque Beauties of Boswell, Part the First), May 15, 1786

Frontispiece (Picturesque Beauties of Boswell, Part the First), May 15, 1786

Wit and Wisdom (Picturesque Beauties of Boswell, Part the First), May 15, 1786

The Reconciliation (Picturesque Beauties of Boswell, Part the Second), June 20, 1786

Setting out from Edinburgh (Picturesque Beauties of Boswell, Part the Second), May 30, 1786

Imitations at Drury-Lane Theatre (Picturesque Beauties of Boswell, Part the Second), June 20, 1786

The Contest at Auckinleck (Picturesque Beauties of Boswell, Part the Second), June 10, 1786

Scottifying the Palate (Picturesque Beauties of Boswell, Part the First), May 30, 1786

Veronica, a Breakfast Conversation (Picturesque Beauties of Boswell, Part the First), May 30, 1786

Lodging at M Queens (Picturesque Beauties of Boswell, Part the Second), June 20, 1786

The Recovery (Picturesque Beauties of Boswell, Part the Second), June 20, 1786

Walking Up the High Street, Edinburgh (Picturesque Beauties of Boswell, Part the First), May 15, 1786

Statue of Johnson, 1898. Creator: Unknown
Statue of Johnson, 1898. Grade II listed statue of Dr Samuel Johnson (1709 -1784) English writer, poet, moralist and biographer in Lichfield. From " Our Own Country, Volume II"

Piozzi, (1741-1821), 1830. Creator: Unknown
Piozzi, (1741-1821), 1830. Hester Thrale (1741-1821) Welsh-born diarist, author and patron of the arts whose diaries provide information about Samuel Johnson and 18th-century English life

Pennant, (1726-1798), 1830. Creator: Unknown
Pennant, (1726-1798), 1830. Thomas Pennant (1726-1798) Welsh naturalist, travel writer and antiquarian whose books influenced Samuel Johnson

Garrick, (1717-1779), 1830. Creator: Unknown
Garrick, (1717-1779), 1830. David Garrick (1717-1779) English actor, playwright, theatre manager and producer on Drury Lane, friend of Samuel Johnson, he adapted plays of the Restoration era

Dr. S. Johnson, (1709-1784), 1830. Creator: Unknown
Dr. S. Johnson, (1709-1784), 1830. Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) English writer, poet, playwright, essayist, moralist, literary critic, biographer, editor and a committed Tory

Boswell, (1740-1795), 1830. Creator: Unknown
Boswell, (1740-1795), 1830. James Boswell (1740-1795) Scottish biographer, diarist, and lawyer, known for his biography of Samuel Johnson

Lichfield, c1910. Creator: Unknown
Lichfield, c1910. The Cathedral. Free Grammar-school, where Addison, Wollaston, Garrick, and Johnson were educated. Breweries, Carriage Works. Population, 8, 610

Dr. Samuel Johnson, c1769, (1902). Creator: Unknown
Dr. Samuel Johnson, c1769, (1902). Portrait of British author and lexicographer Samuel Johnson (1709-1784), who wrote the first authoritative Dictionary of the English Language

Johnsons Birthplace at Lichfield, 1902. Creator: Unknown
Johnsons Birthplace at Lichfield, 1902. British author and lexicographer Samuel Johnson (1709-1784), who wrote the first authoritative Dictionary of the English Language

Jamess Court, Edinburgh, 1928. Creator: WH Caffyn
Jamess Court, Edinburgh, 1928. From " The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson" by Scottish diarist and author James Boswell (1740-1795)

Dr. Johnson on his Pedestal, Whence He Can See Fleet Street, c1935. Creator: Donald McLeish
Dr. Johnson on his Pedestal, Whence He Can See Fleet Street, c1935. Bronze statue of Dr Johnson (1709-1784), English man of letters, near St Clement Danes church in Westminster, central London

Mrs. Thrales House, Streatham, (c1878). Creator: Unknown
Mrs. Thrales House, Streatham, (c1878). The Georgian country mansion at Streatham Park in the village of Streatham was built by the brewer Ralph Thrale

Mrs. Thrale, (c1878). Creator: Unknown
Mrs. Thrale, (c1878). Hester Lynch Thrale (born Hester Lynch Salusbury and after her second marriage becoming Hester Lynch Piozzi (1741-1821) was a Welsh-born diarist, author, and patron of the arts

Old House Still Standing in Bolt Court, (1897). Creator: Unknown
Old House Still Standing in Bolt Court, (1897). Dr Samuel Johnsons house near Fleet Street in the City of London. From Old and New London, Volume I, by Walter Thornbury

Dr. Johnsons Pew in St. Clements, (1881). Creator: Unknown
Dr. Johnsons Pew in St. Clements, (1881). The seat used by Dr Samuel Johnson in the church of St Clement Danes in the City of London

Dr. Johnson in the Ante-Room of Lord Chesterfield, Waiting for an Audience, 1748
Dr. Johnson in the Ante-Room of Lord Chesterifeld, Waiting for an Audience, 1748, (1845), (c1950). Painting in the Tate Gallery, London

Thrales Brewery, Southwark, 1907. From The Life of Samuel Johnson, Vol. II by James Boswell. [Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, Ltd. London, 1907]

Facsimile of a corrected proof by Johnson of his Lives of the Poets, from the original in the Forster Collection, Victoria and Albert Museum, South Kensington, 1907

John Hoole (b. 1727, d. 1803), 1907. John Hoole (1727-1803), was an English translator. From The Life of Samuel Johnson, Vol. II by James Boswell. [Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, Ltd. London, 1907]

Facsimile title-page (reduced) of Johnsons Lives of the Poets - as re-issued in separate form. This work contained fifty-four biographies, 1907

Sir Charles Blagden (b, 1748, d. 1820), 1907. Sir Charles Brian Blagden FRS (1748-1820), was a British physician and scientist. From The Life of Samuel Johnson, Vol. II by James Boswell

Facsimile of autograph letter by Kitty Clive, 1907. From The Life of Samuel Johnson, Vol. II by James Boswell. [Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, Ltd. London, 1907]

An exact representation of the burning, plundering and destruction of Newgate by the rioters on the memorable 7th of June 1780, 1907. From The Life of Samuel Johnson, Vol. II by James Boswell

Mrs. Elizabeth Montague (b. 1720, d. 1800), 1907. Artist: John Raphael Smith
Mrs. Elizabeth Montague (b. 1720, d. 1800), 1907. Elizabeth Montagu (1718-1800), was a British social reformer, patron of the arts, salonist, literary critic

Johnsons House, No. 8 Bolt Court, Fleet Street, 1907. Artist: A. L. Collins
Johnsons House, No. 8 Bolt Court, Fleet Street, 1907. From The Life of Samuel Johnson, Vol. II by James Boswell. [Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, Ltd. London, 1907]

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