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DescriptionJohnson 1769.jpg
English: Portrait of en:Samuel Johnson
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11 July 2008 (original upload date)
(Original text: 1769)
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Lane, Margaret (1975), Samuel Johnson & his World, p. 102. New York: Harpers & Row Publishers, ISBN 0060124962
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Joshua Reynolds (1723-1792)
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2008-07-11 21:50 Ottava Rima 393 × 503 (25987 bytes) [[Samuel Johnson]] as painted by Reynolds in 1769.
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