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1.
Dr. Johnson in his travelling dress as described in Boswell's Tour [graphic]

Creator:
Trotter, Thomas, 1756-1803, engraver
Published / Created:
[18 January 1786]
Call Number:
786.01.18.02+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Whole length portrait of Johnson (not caricatured) walking (left to right) in a mountainous landscape. He walks with a tall stick; his left hand is held up as if declaiming. Behind and below him walks Boswell, a minute figure. In the middle distance ...
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs Jany. 18th 1786 by Geo. Kearsley No. 46 Fleet Street
Subject (Name):
Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784 and Boswell, James, 1740-1795
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Dr. Johnson in his travelling dress as described in Boswell's Tour [graphic]

2.
Frontispiece for the 2d edition of Dr. J-----n's letters [graphic]

Creator:
Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
Published / Created:
7th April 1788.
Call Number:
788.04.07.01 Impression 1
Collection Title:
Leaf 39. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
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
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publd. by Thos. Cornell
Subject (Name):
Piozzi, Hester Lynch, 1741-1821, Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784, Boswell, James, 1740-1795, Hawkins, John, 1719-1789, Courtenay, John, 1738-1816, and Thrale, Henry, 1728-1781
Subject (Topic):
Ghosts, Studies (Rooms), and Authors
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Frontispiece for the 2d edition of Dr. J-----n's letters [graphic]

3.
Frontispiece for the 2d edition of Dr. J-----n's letters [graphic]

Creator:
Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
Published / Created:
7th April 1788.
Call Number:
Folio 75 Sa85 782 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Leaf 39. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
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
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publd. by Thos. Cornell
Subject (Name):
Piozzi, Hester Lynch, 1741-1821, Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784, Boswell, James, 1740-1795, Hawkins, John, 1719-1789, Courtenay, John, 1738-1816, and Thrale, Henry, 1728-1781
Subject (Topic):
Ghosts, Studies (Rooms), and Authors
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Frontispiece for the 2d edition of Dr. J-----n's letters [graphic]

4.
Frontispiece for the 2d edition of Dr. J-----n's letters [graphic]

Creator:
Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
Published / Created:
7th April 1788.
Call Number:
Folio 75 Sa85 810
Collection Title:
Leaf 39. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
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
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publd. by Thos. Cornell
Subject (Name):
Piozzi, Hester Lynch, 1741-1821, Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784, Boswell, James, 1740-1795, Hawkins, John, 1719-1789, Courtenay, John, 1738-1816, and Thrale, Henry, 1728-1781
Subject (Topic):
Ghosts, Studies (Rooms), and Authors
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Frontispiece for the 2d edition of Dr. J-----n's letters [graphic]

5.
The biographers [graphic]

Creator:
Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
Published / Created:
[June 1786]
Call Number:
786.06.00.01 Impression 2
Collection Title:
Verso of leaf 38. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"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...
Description:
Title etched below image
Publisher:
Publd. June 1786 by T. Cornell, Bruton Street
Subject (Name):
Boswell, James, 1740-1795, Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784, Piozzi, Hester Lynch, 1741-1821, and Courtenay, John, 1738-1816
Subject (Topic):
Books, Authors, and Sculpture
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The biographers [graphic]

6.
The biographers [graphic]

Creator:
Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
Published / Created:
[June 1786]
Call Number:
786.06.00.01 Impression 1
Collection Title:
Verso of leaf 38. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"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...
Description:
Title etched below image
Publisher:
Publd. June 1786 by T. Cornell, Bruton Street
Subject (Name):
Boswell, James, 1740-1795, Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784, Piozzi, Hester Lynch, 1741-1821, and Courtenay, John, 1738-1816
Subject (Topic):
Books, Authors, and Sculpture
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The biographers [graphic]

7.
The biographers [graphic]

Creator:
Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
Published / Created:
[June 1786]
Call Number:
Folio 75 Sa85 782 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Verso of leaf 38. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"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...
Description:
Title etched below image
Publisher:
Publd. June 1786 by T. Cornell, Bruton Street
Subject (Name):
Boswell, James, 1740-1795, Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784, Piozzi, Hester Lynch, 1741-1821, and Courtenay, John, 1738-1816
Subject (Topic):
Books, Authors, and Sculpture
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The biographers [graphic]

8.
The biographers [graphic]

Creator:
Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
Published / Created:
[June 1786]
Call Number:
Folio 75 Sa85 810
Collection Title:
Verso of leaf 38. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"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...
Description:
Title etched below image
Publisher:
Publd. June 1786 by T. Cornell, Bruton Street
Subject (Name):
Boswell, James, 1740-1795, Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784, Piozzi, Hester Lynch, 1741-1821, and Courtenay, John, 1738-1816
Subject (Topic):
Books, Authors, and Sculpture
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The biographers [graphic]

9.
Chatting [graphic].

Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:
[30 May 1786]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 2
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Boswell (left) and Johnson (right) talk across a small circular table on which is a candle. Boswell leans on the table, with raised fingers, talking vivaciously. Johnson leans back as if asleep, his stick between his outstretched legs. Through an ope...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. 30 May 1786, by E. Jackson No. 14, Mary-bone Street, Golden Square
Subject (Name):
Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784, Boswell, James, 1740-1795, Boswell, Margaret Montgomerie, d. 1789, and Boswell, James, 1740-1795.
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Chatting [graphic].

10.
Chatting [graphic].

Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:
[30 May 1786]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 2
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Boswell (left) and Johnson (right) talk across a small circular table on which is a candle. Boswell leans on the table, with raised fingers, talking vivaciously. Johnson leans back as if asleep, his stick between his outstretched legs. Through an ope...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. 30 May 1786, by E. Jackson No. 14, Mary-bone Street, Golden Square
Subject (Name):
Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784, Boswell, James, 1740-1795, Boswell, Margaret Montgomerie, d. 1789, and Boswell, James, 1740-1795.
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Chatting [graphic].

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