Portrait of Samuel Johnson
Date
c.1830
Sitter
Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784, British) , Lexicographer
Creator
John Rogers (British) , Engraver
After
John Opie (1761 - 1807, British) , Painter
Object type
Archive reference number
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 155mm
width (print): 97mm
width (print): 97mm
Subject
Description
Half-length portrait of Samuel Johnson, turned to the left in half-profile. He wears an unbuttoned coat, waistcoat and wig.
Plate from a grangerized copy of A history of the Royal Society, with memoirs of the Presidents…by Charles Richard Weld (London, John W. Parker, 1848). In this edition, the original two volumes were extended to eight volumes with the addition of extra-illustrations and documents, by Alexander Meyrick Broadley.
The print appears at p.329 in volume 3 of the adapted set of Weld’s History. In a footnote, Weld reproduces Dr. Johnson’s assessment of Robert Boyle, originally published in The Rambler.
Inscription below: ‘SAMUEL JOHNSON. LL.D. Engraved by J. Rogers from a Painting by Opie.’.
Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) British author and lexicographer, creator of A dictionary of the English language (London, 1755).
Plate from a grangerized copy of A history of the Royal Society, with memoirs of the Presidents…by Charles Richard Weld (London, John W. Parker, 1848). In this edition, the original two volumes were extended to eight volumes with the addition of extra-illustrations and documents, by Alexander Meyrick Broadley.
The print appears at p.329 in volume 3 of the adapted set of Weld’s History. In a footnote, Weld reproduces Dr. Johnson’s assessment of Robert Boyle, originally published in The Rambler.
Inscription below: ‘SAMUEL JOHNSON. LL.D. Engraved by J. Rogers from a Painting by Opie.’.
Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) British author and lexicographer, creator of A dictionary of the English language (London, 1755).
Object history
Print from Charles Richard Weld's A history of the Royal Society, vol. 3... (London, John W. Parker, 1848) grangerized by the writer and collector Alexander Meyrick Broadley (1847–1916) into 8 volumes, adding illustrative material and manuscript items to Weld's text. The books were initially owned by Ludwig Mond FRS (1839–1909), and according to an inscription by his son Robert Ludwig Mond FRS (1867–1938) they were intended for presentation to the Society. This eventually happened in late 1959, the donor being the politician Harry Nathan (1889–1963), Lord Nathan of Churt.
Related fellows
Charles Richard Weld (1813 - 1869, British) , Author
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