[John Dickens.]
S. Haydon ad vivam f.t. [n.d., c.1880.] Dusty. A portrait of John Dickens (1785-1851), father of novelist Charles Dickens and the model for the character of Mr Micawber in the novel 'David Copperfield'. An etching after a bust by Samuel Haydon.
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[Dr. Samuel Johnson.]
[Samuel James Bouverie Haydon.] [n.d., c.1860.]
Portrait head of Dr. Samuel Johnson (1709-84) the English author, poet, critic, and lexicographer, in an oval frame, in three-quarter profile to left; after a drawing by Ozias Humphry based on a portrait by Reynolds. Beginning as a Grub Street journalist, he made lasting contributions to English literature as a poet, essayist, moralist, novelist, literary critic, biographer, editor and lexicographer. Johnson was a devout Anglican and political conservative, and has been described as "arguably the most distinguished man of letters in English history".
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