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This half-length profile portrait imitates a round medallion and was published as the frontispiece to Johnson's "Dictionary" (John Fielding, seventh edition).
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Title: Samuel Johnson
Engraver:
Francesco Bartolozzi (Italian, Florence 1728–1815 Lisbon)
Artist:
After Sir Joshua Reynolds (British, Plympton 1723–1792 London)
Publisher:
John Fielding (British, active London, ca. 1779–1809)
Sitter:
Samuel Johnson (British, Lichfield, Staffordshire 1709–1784 London)
Date: 1785
Medium: Etching and engraving; third state of three
Dimensions:
image (circular): 4 7/8 x 4 15/16 in. (12.4 x 12.5 cm)
plate: 10 7/8 x 8 1/8 in. (27.6 x 20.6 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917
Accession Number: 17.3.398
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