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    Description A portrait of Samuel Johnson by Joshua Reynolds showing Johnson pulling a book's cover back and concentrating intensely on its words. It also, Johnson felt, shows his weak eyes.
    Date 1775[1]
    Source Originally in English Wikipedia, uploaded 21:07, 2005 June 14 by w:User:Geogre
    Scanned from: Rogers, Pat (2001). The Oxford Illustrated History of English Literature. Oxford University Press, p. 241. ISBN 1435295811
    Author
    Joshua Reynolds (1723–1792)  wikidata:Q194402 s:en:Author:Joshua Reynolds q:en:Joshua Reynolds
     
    Joshua Reynolds
    Description British painter, writer, art collector and visual artist
    Date of birth/death 16 July 1723 Edit this at Wikidata 23 February 1792 Edit this at Wikidata
    Location of birth/death Plympton Edit this at Wikidata London Edit this at Wikidata
    Work location
    London, Plympton, Italy
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    creator QS:P170,Q194402

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    • (del) (cur) 02:07, 15 June 2005 . . en:User:Geogre Geogre ( en:User_talk:Geogre Talk) . . 832x1119 (547160 bytes) (The famous en:Joshua_Reynolds Joshua Reynolds portrait of en:Samuel_Johnson Samuel Johnson showing Johnson pulling a book's cover back and concentrating intensely on its words. It also, Johnson felt, shows his weak eyes. { { PD-art } })

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    1. ↑ Image ID: BAL 1551 | Description page. Bridgeman Art Library. Archived from the original on 2025-08-01.

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