File:Samuel Johnson by Joshua Reynolds.jpg

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Summary

Joshua Reynolds: Doctor Samuel Johnson

Artist



Description	British painter, writer, art collector and visual artist
Date of birth/death	16 July 1723	23 February 1792
Location of birth/death	Plympton	London
Work location	London, Plympton, Italy
Authority file	: Q194402 VIAF: 27081216 ISNI: 0000000108815237 ULAN: 500004539 LCCN: n84168483 NLA: 35449606 WorldCat

Title

Doctor Samuel Johnson

Object type

painting

Genre

portrait

Description

Portrait of Samuel Johnson commissioned for Henry Thrale's Streatham Park gallery

Depicted people

Samuel Johnson

Date

1772

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

height: 62.2 cm (24.4 in)

; width: 75.6 cm (29.7 in)

Collection

Tate

	Native name	Tate
	Location	City of Westminster , United Kingdom
	Coordinates	51° 29′ 27.6″ N, 0° 07′ 37.2″ W
	Established	1897
	Website	www.tate.org.uk
	Authority file	: Q430682 VIAF: 155600523 ISNI: 0000000123340073 ULAN: 500301641 LCCN: n80046785 NLA: 35284175 WorldCat

National Gallery

	Native name	National Gallery
	Parent institution	Board of Trustees of the National Gallery
	Location	London
	Coordinates	51° 30′ 32″ N, 0° 07′ 42″ W
	Established	1824
	Website	nationalgallery.org.uk
	Authority file	: Q180788 VIAF: 144868906 ISNI: 0000000406058908 ULAN: 500125190 LCCN: n80081622 NLA: 35311349 WorldCat

Accession number

N00887 (Tate)
NG887 (National Gallery)

References

Source/Photographer

Tate Gallery. Copy held by Pembroke College, Oxford. Lane, Margaret (1975), Samuel Johnson & his World, p. 229. New York: Harpers & Row Publishers, ISBN 0060124962. This portrait has been published several times during the 19th century.[1][2][3]

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	10:54, 22 February 2020	1,252 × 1,536 (379 KB)	Materialscientist	levels
	19:20, 5 April 2017	1,252 × 1,536 (169 KB)	Hohum	Higher resolution
	04:51, 14 September 2007	421 × 512 (20 KB)	17Drew~commonswiki	brightened
	20:12, 30 March 2006	421 × 512 (14 KB)	PFHLai	Doctor Samuel Johnson painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds ?1772, oil on canvas. The painting is at the Tate Gallery. Originally in English Wikipedia, uploaded 20:58, 2004 November 26 by User:Bishonen