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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
Category
Antique 1820s British Books
Materials
Paper
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
Category
Antique 1830s British Books
Materials
Leather
H 6.69 in W 4.38 in D 1.5 in
A Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson, 1786 - 2 volumes
Located in Middletown, NY
; Vol. 2: Title page, Life of Samuel Johnson, Lexicon L through Z in triple column, Appendix
Category
Antique Late 18th Century English Books
Materials
Gold Leaf
H 10.24 in W 8.27 in D 7.09 in
The Works of Samuel Johnson. 12 vols. NEW EDITION - 1810 - IN A FINE BINDING
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: JOHNSON, Samuel.
TITLE: The Works of Samuel Johnson. With An Essay On His Life And Genius
Category
Antique 1810s American Books
Materials
Leather
H 8.5 in W 5.5 in D 1 in
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
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Armchairs
Materials
Walnut
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
Category
Antique 1780s European Books
Materials
Paper
Samuel J. Woolf Antique Litho: First Aid Station at Seicheprey
Located in New York, NY
Collection.
Painter, lithographer, illustrator Samuel Johnson Woolf, 1880-1948, was born in New York City
Category
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
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Club Chairs
Materials
Oak
21st Century James Dining Chair Walnut Wood Handmade in Portugal by Wood Tailors
Located in RIO TINTO, PT
brilliant biography he wrote about Samuel Johnson.
So honoring one of the best biographers of all times
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Walnut
H 29.93 in W 23.63 in D 23.63 in
Antique 18th Century Georgian Oak Paneled Box Pub Tavern Settle Bench 1750
Located in Portland, OR
the mid 1700s in London and the provinces, one can imagine such luminaries & writers such as Dr Samuel
Category
Antique 1750s English George II Benches
Materials
Oak
H 44.75 in W 72 in D 21.5 in
Recollections of the Table Talk of Samuel Rogers to which is added, Porsoniana;
Located in Middletown, NY
include Lord Byron, Samuel Johnson, Alexander Pope, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Category
Antique 19th Century English Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
H 88.59 in W 55.12 in D 1.78 in
1931 The Iliad and The Odyssey
By Homer, Alexander Pope
Located in Bath, GB
first planned in 1713. It appeared in parts from 1715-1720 and was hailed by Samuel Johnson as 'a
Category
Vintage 1930s British Books
Materials
Paper
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
Category
Antique Late 18th Century English Georgian Busts
Materials
Marble, Statuary Marble
Spa Visitors in 18th Century Tunbridge Wells, After a 1748 Sketch
Located in Langweer, NL
around 1740. These figures include:
1. Dr. Johnson (likely Samuel Johnson, the famous lexicographer and
Category
Antique 1890s Prints
Materials
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
Category
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
Category
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
Category
Antique 1810s British Books
Materials
Paper
1788 The Dramatick Writings of Will. Shakspere
By William Shakespeare
Located in Bath, GB
Samuel Johnson and George Stevens, a highlight of this particular edition.
Volumes I & II: Prolegomena
Category
Antique 1780s 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
Category
1850s More Art
Materials
Wax
The Royston Crow (Hooded Crow) /// Thomas Pennant Ornithology Bird Animal Art
By Thomas Pennant
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
of Samuel Johnson. As an antiquarian, he amassed a considerable collection of art and other works
Category
1760s Old Masters Animal Prints
Materials
Watercolor, Engraving, Laid Paper
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
Category
21st Century and Contemporary More Art
Materials
Archival Paper, Other Medium
A pair of Harbour views
Located in Stoke, Hampshire
Size - 15 x 15 in
Framed Size - 16 x 18 1/2 in
John Samuel Willes Johnson (1793-1863) was a British
Category
19th Century Victorian Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Boates moored, with the tide going out
Located in Stoke, Hampshire
1830 lower right
Canvas Size - 15 x 15 in
Framed Size - 16 x 18 1/2 in
John Samuel Willes Johnson
Category
19th Century Victorian Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Harbour at low tide
Located in Stoke, Hampshire
left
Canvas Size - 15 x 15 in
Framed Size - 16 x 18 1/2 in
John Samuel Willes Johnson (1793-1863) was
Category
19th Century Victorian Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
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
Category
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
Category
Mid-18th Century Portrait Prints
Materials
Mezzotint
Autumn Landscape
By William Merritt Post
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
-four, he began taking drawing lessons from the relatively unknown Samuel Frost Johnson. By 1880, Post
Category
Early 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
15 Vols. William Shakespeare. The Plays
Located in New York, NY
commentators to which are added notes by Samuel Johnson and George Steevens. Fourth Edition With A Glossarial
Category
Antique Late 18th Century English Books
Materials
Leather
An 18th C Carnelian Intaglio Of David Garrick As A Ring
Located in London, GB
also transformed audience behaviour and etiquette which led Samuel Johnson to remark "his profession
Category
Antique Late 18th Century English Classical Roman Signet Rings
Materials
Carnelian, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
Untitled (My Neighbor's Garden)
By Sheila Crider
Located in New York, NY
the Bona Fide Adam’s Rib-type Woman, Eve (1982); shi & him (with Samuel Johnson, 1985); Learning, The
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
18th Century Romantic Oil Portrait Painting in the style of Joshua Reynolds
By (Circle of) Joshua Reynolds
Located in Leicester, GB
in 1741. His distinguishing characteristic was what Samuel Johnson called his 'universality'. A close
Category
Late 18th Century Romantic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Works of Samuel Johnson, 12 Vols, New Edition, 1810, in a Fine Binding
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: JOHNSON, Samuel.
TITLE: The Works of Samuel Johnson. With An Essay On His Life And
Category
Antique 1810s 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
Category
Antique Late 18th Century English Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
18th Century Portrait Painting of a Young Girl Wearing a Pink Bonnet
By Sir William Beechey
Located in Bath, Somerset
Peyraud (1947-2008)
Bloomsbury, New York, 'The Paula Peyraud Collection: Samuel Johnson and women writers
Category
1780s Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Albert Thomas Jarvis Gilbert RI (1876-1927) - 1911 Oil, David Garrick
By Albert Thomas Jarvis Gilbert
Located in Corsham, GB
pupil and friend of Dr Samuel Johnson. His accomplishments led Johnson to remark that "his profession
Category
Early 20th Century Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
London, Portrait of a City, XL Book
By TASCHEN
Located in Los Angeles, CA
London Calling
A photographic journey through the history of this epic city
Samuel Johnson
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Books
Materials
Paper
English 18th century Portrait of a Dorset Yeomanry Officer in Military uniform
By Thomas Beach
Located in Woodbury, CT
number of friends from London's intelligentsia, numbered amongst whom were Dr Samuel Johnson, Oliver
Category
Mid-18th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Pair of Naples-Decorated Porcelain Ornithological Glass Cooler/Rinser/Monteith
Located in New York, NY
reference includes Dr. Samuel Johnson’s famous "Dictionary" (London, 1775), here he described a monteith as
Category
Antique 1830s Italian Neoclassical Tableware
Materials
Porcelain
H 5.75 in W 12 in L 5.75 in
The Father and Brother of Benjamin West
By Benjamin West
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Markham, then Headmaster of Westminster School, introduced West to Samuel Johnson, Edmund Burke, Thomas
Category
1870s Victorian Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
AU SALON
By Georges Yatridès
Located in Los Angeles, CA
rights proposed by its director Samuel E. Johnson.
In 1958 he was in an exhibition, "Drawings and
Category
1960s Cubist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Dr. Samuel Johnson.
By William Doughty
Located in Storrs, CT
William Doughty(1757-1792) after Sir Joshua Reynolds, P.R.A. (1723-1792).
Dr. Samuel Johnson
Category
Academic Portrait Prints
Materials
Mezzotint
The Life of Johnson by James Boswell, Esq., Two Limited Editions
By James Boswell
Located in valatie, NY
The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. by James Boswell, Esq., Partial Set of Two Limited Editions. New
Category
Antique Late 19th Century American Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
1930's Vintage Barnard College, Columbia University Seal Black Onyx Ring
Located in Troy, MI
detail. The Columbia University seal was designed by President Samuel Johnson. Done in reverse so as to
Category
Antique 19th Century American Signet Rings
Materials
Onyx, 10k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century Walnut Wood James Dining Chair Linen
Located in RIO TINTO, PT
advocates of his time. James is best known for the brilliant biography he wrote about Samuel Johnson
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Chairs
Materials
Linen, Walnut
18th Century portrait oil painting of a gentleman
By Henry Pickering
Located in Nr Broadway, Worcestershire
Wales, National Trust, Nottingham Castle Museum, Samuel Johnson Birthplace Museum, University of
Category
18th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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
Category
18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
H 8.75 in W 5.75 in D 1.25 in
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
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Silver
H 1.5 in W 1.6 in D 1.5 in
The Great Speckled Diver (Great Speckled Loon) /// Thomas Pennant Ornithology
By Thomas Pennant
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
of his day. His books influenced the writings of Samuel Johnson. As an antiquarian, he amassed a
Category
1760s Old Masters Animal Prints
Materials
Watercolor, Laid Paper, Engraving
Portrait of Young Man Consulting Diagram - British 18thC portrait oil painting
Located in London, GB
and women including Mary Wollstonecraft, Samuel Johnson, Francesco Bartolozzi, John Bannister, Joseph
Category
18th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of Two Boys with a Bird - British 18th century Old Master oil painting
Located in London, GB
had moved in 1791. Opie painted many notable men and women including Mary Wollstonecraft, Samuel
Category
18th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Trees at the Cliff New Milford - PA" Impressionist Landscape Oil Painting
By William Merritt Post
Located in New York, NY
24, he began taking drawing lessons from Samuel Frost Johnson and by 1880, Post had already begun
Category
Early 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Old Bridge New Milford - PA" Impressionist Landscape Painting Oil on Wood Panel
By William Merritt Post
Located in New York, NY
community of New York. At the age of 24, he began taking drawing lessons from Samuel Frost Johnson and by
Category
Early 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Sunset at Forest's Edge
By William Merritt Post
Located in New Orleans, LA
unknown Samuel Frost Johnson. By 1880, Post had already begun painting Hudson River pictures on academic
Category
1920s Tonalist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
6 Volumes, Samuel Johnson, The Works
Located in New York, NY
6 Volumes. Samuel Johnson, The Works of Samuel Johnson. Bound in full tan calf with borders in gilt
Category
Antique Early 1800s English Books
Materials
Leather
9 Volumes. Samuel Johnson, The Works.
Located in New York, NY
9 Volumes. Samuel Johnson, The Works. Bound in full tan calf with gilt tooling on the covers and
Category
Antique Early 19th Century British Books
Materials
Leather
10 Volumes. James Boswell, Life of Samuel Johnson
Located in New York, NY
10 Volumes. James Boswell, Life of Samuel Johnson & Journal of the Tour to the Hebrides. Temple Bar
Category
Early 20th Century American Books
Materials
Leather
Books, James Boswell's "Life of Samuel Johnson..." Extra-Illustrated Edition
Located in New York, NY
James Boswell's "Life of Samuel Johnson. Together with the Journal of a tour to the Hebrides, with
Category
Antique 1880s English Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
H 8.75 in W 2.5 in L 8.75 in
'Book Sets' 10 Volumes, James Boswell, The Life of Samuel Johnson
Located in New York, NY
10 Volumes. James Boswell. The Life of Samuel Johnson. With a Journal of His Tour To The Hebrides
Category
Antique 19th Century British Books
Materials
Leather
15 Volumes, James Boswell, Esq. The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.
Located in New York, NY
15 Volumes. James Boswell, Esq. The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. Bound in full green morocco with
Category
Antique 1820s English Books
Materials
Leather
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