Dr. Johnson.
Engraved on Steel by R. Page.
London: Pubd. by John Bumpus, 1822.
Stipple. Plate 152 x 101mm. 6 x 4". Large margins.
Dr. Samuel Johnson (1709-1784), author. 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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London: Pubd. by John Bumpus, 1822.
Stipple. Plate 152 x 101mm. 6 x 4". Large margins.
Dr. Samuel Johnson (1709-1784), author. 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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