Date of Painting.

1773.

1775.

b. The Duke of Dorset's picture at Knole is a duplicate of the

preceding.

Folio, mezzotint, very fine

James Watson.

1770

8vo. mezzotint for Sir Joshua's works S. W. Reynolds.

An etching of the head only, from a copy of this picture by
Ozias Humphry
Mrs. D. Turner.]

III. a. Mr. Langton's picture, now at Gunby, near Spilsby, Lincolnshire, the seat of Peregrine Massingberd, Esq., Mr. Langton's second son. A full face, wearing an expression of pain; the hand laid on the breast.

b. Mrs. Piozzi's Picture, now in the Gallery of Sir Robert Peel, Bart., Whitehall, is a duplicate of Mr. Langton's.

There are numerous copies of this Likeness of Johnson: one is at Luton. Madame d'Arblay has another, made by her brother, and touched upon by Sir Joshua.

IV. Mr. Malone's picture, now in the possession of the Rev. Thomas Rooper, Brighton. Three-quarter face, to left, kitcat size, represents him as near-sighted, holding a book up close to his eyes, one of which is nearly closed.

This was very displeasing to the Doctor, who, when he saw it, reproved Sir Joshua for painting him in that manner and attitude; saying, "It is not friendly to hand down to posterity the imperfections of any man." But, on the contrary, Sir Joshua esteemed it as a circumstance in nature to be remarked, as characterising the person represented, and therefore as giving additional value to the portrait.

In an oval 8vo., for Murphy's edition of Johnson's works

J. Hall.

1787

[Ditto

About

1781.

[1783.

[BY BARRY.

Full face, finished only as far as the shoulders, and copied into one of the large pictures now in the room of the Society of Arts in the Adelphi. The original sketch was sold at Barry's sale for 30 guineas. It is in the possession of Mr. Audinet.

A three-quarter length, the size of life, in oil; belonged to John Hatsell, Esq., Cotton Garden. This portrait did not please Dr. J., who styled it "Johnson's grimly ghost."]

Several copies in crayon, from Sir Joshua's various portraits of Johnson.

(1) Brother of Mr. Townley, of the Commons, an ingenious artist, who resided some time at Berlin, and has the honour of being engraver to his Majesty the King of Prussia. This is one of the finest mezzotintos that ever was executed; and what renders it of extraordinary value, the plate was destroyed after four or five impressions only were taken off. One of them is in the possession of Sir William Scott, BOSWELL.

Date of Painting. 1782.

TROTTER S. C.

Engraver's Date of
Name. Engraving.

Johnson said when he saw the drawing, "Well, thou art an ugly fellow like the original." Vol. X. p. 97.

T. Trotter. 1784]

Profile in an oval, to the left, without wig
Whole length, in the dress worn by him on the journey to the
Hebrides, with his stick, folio
Do.
1786

[Side-face, to right, the countenance haggard, and exhibiting
marks of decay. This was probably the last portrait for which
Dr. Johnson sat: it was finished a short time before his
death
Do.
1786]
[Do. prefixed to Harding's Shakspeare; drawing belonged to
Dr. Farmer

Do.

1792]

1748.

J. HARDING.

Side-face, to right

Trotter.

1782

Medallion, profile to left, with wig, prefixed to the Dic-
F. Bartolozzi. Bartolozzi.

tionary

1785

G. Murray. 1820

A wood-cut, on the title-page of Sharpe's edition of this work,

For "Lavater's Essays on Physiognomy," in which Johnson's countenance is analysed upon the principles of that fanciful writer.

[A view of Tunbridge Wells, in which Dr. and Mrs. Johnson are introduced; the figures very small. See Vol. I. p. 218.

A whole-length, in a cocked hat, ruffles on the hands, holding a stick behind his back. Not known.

There is a whole-length figure in Cambridge's works, 4to., drawn and engraved by Besland.] It forms the frontispiece to Vol. I, of this Edition.

[1777.

BUST BY NOLLEKENS.

Modelled in clay, but never cut in marble. The artist has represented Dr. Johnson without his wig; substituting for it flowing hair which hangs down the neck, copied from a beggar, who

was called from the street to serve as a model. (See Smith's Life of Nollekens.) See Letters 305. & 313. Vol. VII.

A drawing by

Ab. Wivell.

W. T. Fry. 1815]

STATUE BY BACON.

In St. Paul's; the first monument ever placed in that building.
Repeatedly engraved.

There are also several seals with his head cut on them, particularly a very fine one by that eminent artist, Edward Burch, Esq., R. A.; in the possession of the younger Dr. Charles Burney. [Copied and engraved

by

Richter.

Richter.

1797]

Let me add, as a proof of the popularity of his character, that there are copper pieces struck at Birmingham, with his head impressed on them, which pass current as halfpence there, and in the neighbouring parts of the country.

[The most extensive collections of engraved portraits of Dr. Johnson are those in the possession of Lewis Pocock, Esq., Mr. Upcott, and Mr. Murray of Albemarle Street. The latter was made by the late John Thomas Smith, of the British Museum.-J. MURRAY, Jun. 1835.]

INDEX.

The Roman letters refer to the Volume; the Arabic figures to the Page.