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1782. The greatest [part], if not the whole, of a Reply, by the Reverend Mr. Shaw, to a person at Edinburgh, of the name of Clarke, refuting his arguments for the authenticity of the Poems published by Mr. James Macpherson as Translations from Ossian, intern. evid.

1784. List of the Authors of the Universal History, deposited in the British Museum, and printed in the Gentleman's Magazine for December, this year, acknowl.

VARIOUS YEARS.

Letters to Mrs. Thrale, acknowl.

Prayers and Meditations, which he delivered to the
Rev. Mr. Strahan, enjoining him to publish them,

acknowl.

Sermons, left for publication by John Taylor, LL.D., Prebendary of Westminster, and given to the World by the Reverend Samuel Hayes, A. M., intern. evid.

Such was the number and variety of the prose works of this extraordinary man, which I have been able to discover, and am at liberty to mention (1); but we ought to keep in mind, that there must undoubtedly have been many more which are yet concealed; and we may add to the account, the numerous letters which he wrote, of which a considerable part are yet unpublished. It is hoped that those persons, in whose possession they are, will favour the world with them.

JAMES BOSWell.

(1) This is a strange phrase. What work could it have been that Mr. Boswell was not at liberty to mention? That there was some peculiar meaning here can hardly be doubted. It perhaps may allude to some publications of a Jacobite tendency, written in Johnson's earlier days, and which may have been acknowledged in confidence to Boswell; but this is a mere conjecture. Many of the articles inserted in the foregoing list on internal evidence (particularly those from the magazines) are of very little importance, and of very doubtful authenticity.-C.

No. VI.

DR. JOHNSON'S PORTRAITS.

[Referred to in Vol. VIII. p. 421.]

[The Note on Dr. Johnson's Portraits being incomplete, I am obliged to Mr. John Murray, Jun., for considerable Additions to the List, which are distinguished by brackets.-C.]

Date of Painting.

[Prior to 1752.

[1756.

[Before 1770.

Engraver's Date of
Name. Engraving.

A miniature, painter unknown, which belonged to Mrs. Johnson, now in the possession of Dr. Harwood. See preface, p. xiv. First engraved for this edition, size

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1830

of the original A three-quarter face to the left (in an oval); he is dressed in what was styled a seven story wig, and holds a pen up to his eye. This picture apparently painted before any of Sir Joshua's portraits No artist's name or date.]

BY SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS.

I. Mr. Boswell's picture; sold at James Boswell's sale for seventy guineas. A three-quarter length. Dr. Johnson seated in an arm chair, which is covered with a tartan, or chequered cloth, at a table with writing materials; pen in his hand.]

1791 1793

4to. for first edition of Boswell's Life J. Heath. Ditto 8vo. for 8vo. edition of ditto J. Baker. [This picture has been repeatedly engraved for various editions of this work.]

II. a. The Duke of Sutherland's picture, formerly the property of Miss Lucy Porter, at Lichfield. See Vol. III. p. 163. Side face, to right, eyes almost closed, without wig; the arms are raised, showing the nervous habit to which he was addicted, when unem. ployed, of moving his hands up and down before him, with the fingers bent.

Sir Joshua is said to have had in his mind this attitude and the abstracted expression of Dr. Johnson's countenance, when he painted the Soothsayer Tiresias in his large picture of the Infant Hercules.

Date of Painting.

1773.

Engraver's
Name.

Date of Engraving.

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, Lin-
colnshire, 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.

Sheet mezzotint, very fine

Line, prefixed to Dictionary folio
Ditto to Dictionary 4to.

[Small ditto to Bell's Poets

1775.

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W. Doughty.

1784

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S. W. Reynolds.]

1823

Oval, with 3 other portraits
4to. prefixed to Dictionary
In stipple

4to. prefixed to Dictionary

A very excellent line engraving

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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.

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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.

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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."]

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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

Ditto for Sharpe's

Johnsoniana

Do.

1785

G. Murray. 1820

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

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Unknown.

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.

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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

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