"The three biographers of Johnson sit under his bust, which frowns down at them from a high rectangular pedestal. Mrs. Thrale (left) and Boswell (right) sit facing each other; she leans back, her head turned in 'profil perdu' towards Johnson (who look...
"The three biographers of Johnson sit under his bust, which frowns down at them from a high rectangular pedestal. Mrs. Thrale (left) and Boswell (right) sit facing each other; she leans back, her head turned in 'profil perdu' towards Johnson (who look...
"The three biographers of Johnson sit under his bust, which frowns down at them from a high rectangular pedestal. Mrs. Thrale (left) and Boswell (right) sit facing each other; she leans back, her head turned in 'profil perdu' towards Johnson (who look...
"The three biographers of Johnson sit under his bust, which frowns down at them from a high rectangular pedestal. Mrs. Thrale (left) and Boswell (right) sit facing each other; she leans back, her head turned in 'profil perdu' towards Johnson (who look...
A satirical print rebuking the many writers who profited by writing memoirs of Samuel Johnson. On the left, Mrs. Piozzi is seated at her writing desk in her study. With a look of astonishment. she looks behind her at the ghost of Samuel Johnson in a ...
Alternative Title:
Frontispiece for the 2d edition of Dr. Johnson's letters
"A stone bridge across a river collapses, all its piers having broken. Fox clings to the central piece of masonry which is falling; he says: "D**n the Piers they won't support us". Burke falls head foremost into the water, clutching a roll inscribed '...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publd. 11th April 1788 by Thos. Cornell, Bruton Street
Subject (Name):
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Erskine, James Francis, 1743-1806, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Courtenay, John, 1738-1816, and Hastings, Warren, 1732-1818
A satirical print rebuking the many writers who profited by writing memoirs of Samuel Johnson. On the left, Mrs. Piozzi is seated at her writing desk in her study. With a look of astonishment. she looks behind her at the ghost of Samuel Johnson in a ...
Alternative Title:
Frontispiece for the 2d edition of Dr. Johnson's letters
"A stone bridge across a river collapses, all its piers having broken. Fox clings to the central piece of masonry which is falling; he says: "D**n the Piers they won't support us". Burke falls head foremost into the water, clutching a roll inscribed '...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publd. 11th April 1788 by Thos. Cornell, Bruton Street
Subject (Name):
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Erskine, James Francis, 1743-1806, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Courtenay, John, 1738-1816, and Hastings, Warren, 1732-1818
A satirical print rebuking the many writers who profited by writing memoirs of Samuel Johnson. On the left, Mrs. Piozzi is seated at her writing desk in her study. With a look of astonishment. she looks behind her at the ghost of Samuel Johnson in a ...
Alternative Title:
Frontispiece for the 2d edition of Dr. Johnson's letters
"A stone bridge across a river collapses, all its piers having broken. Fox clings to the central piece of masonry which is falling; he says: "D**n the Piers they won't support us". Burke falls head foremost into the water, clutching a roll inscribed '...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publd. 11th April 1788 by Thos. Cornell, Bruton Street
Subject (Name):
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Erskine, James Francis, 1743-1806, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Courtenay, John, 1738-1816, and Hastings, Warren, 1732-1818
