Download/Print Selected Image
Copy Caption to clipboard
Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815, Italian, active in Britain (1764–99), Samuel Johnson, 1785
- Title:
Samuel Johnson
- Additional Title(s):
Samuel Johnson L. L. D.
Dr. Johnson
Samuel Johnson L. L. D, Born Sepr. 1709, Died Decr. 13th, 1784
- Date:
- 1785
- Medium:
- Stipple engraving and line engraving on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 10 1/4 x 7 7/8 inches (26 x 20 cm), Plate: 9 15/16 x 7 11/16 inches (25.3 x 19.5 cm), Image: 4 15/16 x 4 15/16 inches (12.6 x 12.5 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, on back, lower left: "C92/Sh5"; on back, lower center: "(IR31/846)"; on back, lower right: "Juer 1818 | 10/6"
Lettered in black ink, along lower right border of tondo image: "F. Bartolozzi R. A. Sculpx. 1785"; lower center: "SAMUEL JOHNSON L. L. D. | Born Sepr,, 1709; died Decr,, 13th,, 1784. | Published October 8th,, 1785, by John Fielding, Pater Noster Row, London."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1978.43.623
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- author | bust | circle (plane figure) | costume | essayist | lexicographer | man | medallion (medal) | poet | portrait | tondo
- Associated People:
- Johnson, Samuel (1709–1784), author and lexicographer
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
Note: The Study Room is open by appointment. Please visit the Study Room page on our website for more details. - Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:40828
- Export:
- XML
- IIIF Manifest:
- JSON
If you have information about this object that may be of assistance please contact us.