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George Zobel. Portrait of Samuel Johnson. London: P & D. Colnaghi, [1854]. Mezzotint. MS Hyde 100
A young, highly romanticized Johnson is depicted resting on a copy of his play Irene. The original painting upon which Zobel's mezzotint is based, now in the Johnson birthplace museum in Lichfield, is no longer attributed to Reynolds as here.
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