Samuel Johnson

1779

William Doughty after Sir Joshua Reynolds

Associated Names
William Doughty

Artist, British, died 1782

Sir Joshua Reynolds

Artist After, British, 1723 - 1792

The image depicts a portrait of a man seated with his upper body visible. He has a round face with pronounced eyebrows, deep-set eyes, and full lips. His hair is styled in thick curls reminiscent of an 18th-century wig. The man is wearing a double-breasted coat with large buttons and a white shirt visible at the collar and cuffs. He is facing slightly to the right, with his left arm either resting on a surface or in his lap. The background is plain, possibly a dark-colored wall.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    mezzotint

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 45.7 × 33 cm (18 × 13 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.3442

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Smith 1884, no. 2

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1884

  • Smith, John Chaloner. British Mezzotinto Portraits, Being a Descriptive Catalogue of These Engravings from the Introduction of the Art to the Early Part of the Present Century. 4 vols. London: Henry Sotheran and Co., 1884.

Wikidata ID

Q64962856

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