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1826 The Life of Samuel Johnson
By James Boswell
Located in Bath, GB
An exceptionally lovely extra-illustrated edition of Boswell's Life of Johnson, in full calf signed
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Antique 1820s British Books

Materials

Paper

1826 The Life of Samuel Johnson
1826 The Life of Samuel Johnson
H 9.5 in W 10 in D 6.6 in
James Boswell, Life of Samuel Johnson, Extra Illustrated 10 Vols, Leather Bound
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: BOSWELL, James. TITLE: The Life Of Samuel Johnson. PUBLISHER: London: John Murray
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Antique 1830s British Books

Materials

Leather

Samuel Johnson — A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland
Located in Middletown, NY
T84319 A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland (1775) is a travel narrative by Samuel Johnson (1709
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Antique Late 18th Century English Books

Materials

Leather, Paper

1775 A Dictionary of the English Language
By Samuel Johnson
Located in Bath, GB
An important edition of Samuel Johnson's dictionary of the English language, being the first
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Antique 1770s British Books

Materials

Paper

21st Century Johnson Armchair Oak Linen
Located in RIO TINTO, PT
interested in. Samuel Johnson, who was described so many times as” one of the most distinguished man of
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21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Armchairs

Materials

Walnut

21st Century Johnson Armchair Oak Linen
21st Century Johnson Armchair Oak Linen
H 35.44 in W 40.56 in D 35.63 in
1786 A Dictionary of the English Language
By Samuel Johnson
Located in Bath, GB
. Samuel Johnson was a noted English author of the eighteenth century, well perceived in his friend James
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Antique 1780s European Books

Materials

Paper

James Boswell, 9th Laird of Auchinleck, diarist, portrait engraving, 1787
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
figure Samuel Johnson. 180mm by 110mm (platemark)
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Late 18th Century Victorian Portrait Prints

Materials

Engraving

Samuel J. Woolf Antique Litho: First Aid Station at Seicheprey
Located in Larchmont, NY
Collection. Painter, lithographer, illustrator Samuel Johnson Woolf, 1880-1948, was born in New York City
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Early 20th Century American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

21st Century James Bar Chair Oak Cotton Velvet
Located in RIO TINTO, PT
the brilliant biography he wrote about Samuel Johnson. So honoring one of the best biographers of all
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21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Club Chairs

Materials

Oak

21st Century James Bar Chair Oak Cotton Velvet
21st Century James Bar Chair Oak Cotton Velvet
H 38.59 in W 23.63 in D 23.63 in
21st Century James Dining Chair Walnut Wood by Wood Tailors Club
Located in RIO TINTO, PT
brilliant biography he wrote about Samuel Johnson. So honoring one of the best biographers of all times
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21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Walnut

Rare and fascinating 17th Century German Classical British royalty Old Master
By (Circle of) Godfrey Kneller
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
visited her on so many occasions that Samuel Johnson satirised the situation in his poem ‘London’. On the
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17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Huge Antique English Aristocratic Portrait of Baronet, Fine Ancestral Portrait
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
colourful character and stories, real and spurious abound. In 1732 he appointed Samuel Johnson (1709–1784
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18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

1931 The Iliad and The Odyssey
By Alexander Pope, Homer
Located in Bath, GB
first planned in 1713. It appeared in parts from 1715-1720 and was hailed by Samuel Johnson as 'a
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Vintage 1930s British Books

Materials

Paper

1931 The Iliad and The Odyssey
1931 The Iliad and The Odyssey
H 11 in W 6.5 in D 2 in
Marble Portrait Bust of Edward Willes by John Bacon
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
writer, Samuel Johnson. In his later life, Bacon directed model making and design at Coade’s Artificial
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Antique Late 18th Century English Georgian Busts

Materials

Marble, Statuary Marble

18th C, Portrait of a Lady, Elisabeth Carter, Oil on Canvas, 92 x 71 cm, Framed.
By Joshua Reynolds
Located in brussel, BE
, including critic and poet Samuel Johnson. Her poetry reflected an educated mind informed by classical
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18th Century English School Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

9 Antique 18th & 19th Century Hard Back Leather Bound Books London England
Located in Dayton, OH
– by Samuel Johnson – Volume the Twenty-Eighth – The Poems of Sir Samuel Garth – Printed by A. Strahan
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Antique Early 19th Century Books

Materials

Leather, Paper

London. Portrait of a City 'Piccadilly Circus’ Color Print & Limited Ed Book
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Smith Samuel Johnson famously said that: “When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life.” London’s
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20th Century Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

London. Portrait of a City 'Traffic Policeman' Color Print & Limited Ed Book
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Smith Samuel Johnson famously said that: “When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life.” London’s
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20th Century Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

1813 The Plays of William Shakespeare
By William Shakespeare
Located in Bath, GB
edition". With notes by Samuel Johnson and George Steevens, this edition was revised and augmented by
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Antique 1810s British Books

Materials

Paper

"Crawford Women", 19th Century Wax Relief Portraits, Framed By Chapman Bros
Located in Detroit, MI
included Samuel Johnson, Isaac Watts, Richard Colt Hoare, Sir Frederic Madden, Thomas Garnier, Anthony
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1850s More Art

Materials

Wax

Chris Whitty's Cat Limited Edition silver Pendant (Necklace)
By Grayson Perry
Located in New York, NY
through Gough Square where Samuel Johnson’s house is and a sculpture of his cat Hodge. When I saw this
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2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Silver

London - Portrait of a City, Paul Smith Edition ‘Traffic Policeman’
Located in Toronto, ON
Smith Samuel Johnson famously said that: “When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life.” London’s
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21st Century and Contemporary More Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Other Medium

Wendell Castle Crescent Moon Wood and Suede Rocking Chair
By Wendell Castle
Located in Miami, FL
dealer and gallery owner Lee Nordness. Nordness, with the financial backing of Samuel Johnson (patriarch
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Late 20th Century American Rocking Chairs

Materials

Suede, Walnut

19th Century Oil Painting Portrait of a Muse
Located in London, GB
Wollstonecraft, Samuel Johnson, Francesco Bartolozzi, John Bannister, Joseph Munden, Charles James Fox, William
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Early 19th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Elizabeth, Countess of Northumberland: Mezzotint After a Painting by J. Reynolds
By Joshua Reynolds
Located in Alamo, CA
and Samuel Johnson. In 1768, Reynolds was one of the founders of the Royal Academy of Arts, and he
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Mid-18th Century Portrait Prints

Materials

Mezzotint

Portrait of a Lady Diana Cecil, Countess of Elgin c.1638, Manor House Provenance
Located in London, GB
features strongly correlate to a portrait of the countess by Cornelius Johnson (1593-1661), painted circa
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17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Portrait of Gentleman, Thomas Bruce, Earl of Elgin c.1638 Manor House Provenance
Located in London, GB
Cornelius Johnson (1593-1661), painted circa 1638, and is held at Kenwood House, London. Another painting
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17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Landscape of Summer At Lake George, NY
By John Henry Hill
Located in Fredericksburg, VA
David Johnson in their realistic examinations of nature. Using a brushwork technique that called for
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Mid-19th Century Pre-Raphaelite Landscape Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Paper

Untitled (Portrait of Roberta Kimmel Cohn)
By Naomi Savage
Located in Fairlawn, OH
parents were Samuel Siegler and Elsie Siegler (née Radnitzky), a sister of Man Ray. She first studied
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1980s Surrealist Figurative Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Expressionist Judaica French Israeli Modernist Art Oil Painting Rabbi, Musician
By George Chemeche
Located in Surfside, FL
Museum and the Muse d' Art Moderne (Paris) Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art. Cornell University, Ithaca
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1970s Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

The Critic or Nick's 1947 Lithograph Jazz Band
By Jerome Kaplan
Located in Surfside, FL
associated with The Print Center, including Cynthia Back, Morris Blackburn, Ed Colker, Lois M. Johnson
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20th Century Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Blue Horizon (near Sante Fe, New Mexico)
By Elmer Ladislaw Novotny
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Institute of Art, Cleveland, Ohio Samuel Hahn Art Museum of the University of Florida, Gainsville, FL The
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1970s Realist Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Pair of George III Marquetry Inlaid Card Tables
By John Cobb
Located in Shipston-On-Stour, GB
carried on in business with the assistance of his foreman, Samuel Reynolds (fl 1751–85). He made furniture
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Antique 1780s English George III Card Tables and Tea Tables

Materials

Mahogany, Tulipwood, Sycamore, Satinwood

Pair of George III Marquetry Inlaid Card Tables
Pair of George III Marquetry Inlaid Card Tables
H 29.14 in W 38.98 in D 18.12 in
"UNTITLED" WINTER SNOW SCENE
By Melvin Warren
Located in San Antonio, TX
readily acceptable to a broad range of collectors. He became a special favorite of Lyndon Johnson who
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20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

“Amsterdam Harbor at Sunset”
By George McCord
Located in Southampton, NY
spent time studying in the studios of Samuel Morse and Scottish born painter James Fairman. It wasn’t
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1880s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Nature's Printing Press
Located in Fairlawn, OH
. & Mrs. B. Friedman; Mr. & Mrs. Samuel J. Rosen; Mr. David Scribner; Unigraphic Corp.; Mr. Benny An
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1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Large Bronze Sculpture "Virtuoso" Figure American Boston Figural Modernist
By David Aronson
Located in Surfside, FL
the entrance to Frank Lloyd Wright's Johnson Foundation Conference Center for the Arts in Racine
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20th Century Expressionist Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Judaica Bronze Sculpture "Rabbi" Figure Jewish American Boston Figural Modernist
By David Aronson
Located in Surfside, FL
the entrance to Frank Lloyd Wright's Johnson Foundation Conference Center for the Arts in Racine
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20th Century Expressionist Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Bronze Sculpture Charles Dickens Figure American Boston Figural Modernist
By David Aronson
Located in Surfside, FL
which now stands at the entrance to Frank Lloyd Wright's Johnson Foundation Conference Center for the
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20th Century Expressionist Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Bronze Sculpture Rabbi w Torah Judaica Figure American Boston Figural Modernist
By David Aronson
Located in Surfside, FL
which now stands at the entrance to Frank Lloyd Wright's Johnson Foundation Conference Center for the
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20th Century Expressionist Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Summer Idyl, abstract expressionist painting by Cleveland School artist
By Richard Andres
Located in Beachwood, OH
Keller scholarship winner, Avis Johnson. Richard was immediately smitten with Avis, but being rather shy
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Ink, Acrylic

Reflections, large abstract expressionist painting by Cleveland School artist
By Richard Andres
Located in Beachwood, OH
– which is where he met fellow Henry Keller scholarship winner, Avis Johnson. Richard was immediately
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Ink, Acrylic

Untitled abstract expressionist oil painting by Cleveland School artist
By Richard Andres
Located in Beachwood, OH
Keller scholarship winner, Avis Johnson. Richard was immediately smitten with Avis, but being rather shy
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Ink, Acrylic

Mirror, abstract expressionist painting by Cleveland School artist
By Richard Andres
Located in Beachwood, OH
Keller scholarship winner, Avis Johnson. Richard was immediately smitten with Avis, but being rather shy
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Ink, Acrylic

The King, abstract expressionist painting by Cleveland School artist
By Richard Andres
Located in Beachwood, OH
Keller scholarship winner, Avis Johnson. Richard was immediately smitten with Avis, but being rather shy
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Ink, Acrylic

Untitled abstract expressionist oil painting by Cleveland School artist
By Richard Andres
Located in Beachwood, OH
with art school friends – which is where he met fellow Henry Keller scholarship winner, Avis Johnson
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Ink, Acrylic

The Challenge, abstract expressionist painting by Cleveland School artist
By Richard Andres
Located in Beachwood, OH
Keller scholarship winner, Avis Johnson. Richard was immediately smitten with Avis, but being rather shy
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Ink, Acrylic

L. S. F. vibrant abstract expressionist painting by Cleveland School artist
By Richard Andres
Located in Beachwood, OH
– which is where he met fellow Henry Keller scholarship winner, Avis Johnson. Richard was immediately
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Ink, Acrylic

Untitled abstract expressionist oil painting by Cleveland School artist
By Richard Andres
Located in Beachwood, OH
Keller scholarship winner, Avis Johnson. Richard was immediately smitten with Avis, but being rather shy
Category

1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Ink, Acrylic

Untitled abstract expressionist oil painting by Cleveland School artist
By Richard Andres
Located in Beachwood, OH
– which is where he met fellow Henry Keller scholarship winner, Avis Johnson. Richard was immediately
Category

1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Ink, Acrylic

Fragment, abstract expressionist mid-century painting, Cleveland School artist
By Richard Andres
Located in Beachwood, OH
with art school friends – which is where he met fellow Henry Keller scholarship winner, Avis Johnson
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1970s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

Untitled abstract expressionist oil painting by Cleveland School artist
By Richard Andres
Located in Beachwood, OH
with art school friends – which is where he met fellow Henry Keller scholarship winner, Avis Johnson
Category

1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Ink, Acrylic

Untitled abstract expressionist mid-century painting by Cleveland School artist
By Richard Andres
Located in Beachwood, OH
– which is where he met fellow Henry Keller scholarship winner, Avis Johnson. Richard was immediately
Category

1950s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

Untitled abstract expressionist oil painting by Cleveland School artist
By Richard Andres
Located in Beachwood, OH
with art school friends – which is where he met fellow Henry Keller scholarship winner, Avis Johnson
Category

1950s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

Modernist Orchestra Musical Gouache Painting Boston Expressionist
By David Aronson
Located in Surfside, FL
the entrance to Frank Lloyd Wright's Johnson Foundation Conference Center for the Arts in Racine
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20th Century Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Board

"SUNSET ON THE OLD STAGE TRAIL" STAGECOACH SCENE. CALIFORNIA / ARIZONA VIBRANT
By Marjorie Reed
Located in San Antonio, TX
Women Artists of the American West Peggy and Harold Samuels, The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Artists of
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20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

"HAPPY STAGING" STAGECOACH FRAMED 18.5 X 22.5
By Marjorie Reed
Located in San Antonio, TX
Peggy and Harold Samuels, The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Artists of the American West Edan Hughes
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20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

"TRAIL TO EAGLE NEST" WESTERN SNOW COWBOY ARTISTS OF AMERICA NICE! FRAME 32 X 46
By Melvin Warren
Located in San Antonio, TX
special favorite of Lyndon Johnson who ultimately acquired many Warren oils. Melvin C. Warren is buried at
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1990s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Modernist Encaustic Painting Portrait Boston Expressionist
By David Aronson
Located in Surfside, FL
Wright's Johnson Foundation Conference Center for the Arts in Racine, Wisconsin. In the seventies and
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20th Century Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Encaustic

Lithograph "Honor Thy parents" Judaica Hebrew Print
By Yankel Ginzburg
Located in Surfside, FL
as the gues of Howard J. Samuels, who was the Under Secretary of Commerce for Lyndon Johnson. Soon
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20th Century Contemporary Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

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