Print made by Thomas Cook, 1744–1818, British, Samuel Johnson, L. L. D, 1786
- Title:
Samuel Johnson, L. L. D.
- Additional Title(s):
Samuel Johnson, L.L.D.
Samuel Johnson, LLD
- Date:
- 1786
- Medium:
- Line engraving and etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 10 1/4 x 7 5/8 inches (26.1 x 19.4 cm), Plate: 9 15/16 x 7 7/16 inches (25.2 x 18.9 cm), Image: 7 1/8 x 5 5/8 inches (18.1 x 14.3 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, on back, center to upper center, written vertically: "20816 - 330 | 1 = 7 3/4 x 10 3/8 L"
Lettered in black ink, lower center: "SAMUEL JOHNSON, L. L. D. | From a Painting by Sir Joshua Reynolds, in the possession of B. Langton Esqr. | Published as the Act directs August 21st. 1786, by T. Longman in Paternoster Row."; lower right: "T. Cook Sculp"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art; Yale University Art Gallery Collection; Gift of Chauncey B. Tinker, B.A. 1899
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1994.4.876
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- buttons (fasteners) | coat | cravat | man | portrait | wig
- Associated People:
- Johnson, Samuel (1709–1784), author and lexicographer
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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