Autograph letters signed from "Dick" [i.e. Richard Doyle] to John Doyle [manuscript], 1842-1843.

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Autograph letters signed from "Dick" [i.e. Richard Doyle] to John Doyle [manuscript], 1842-1843.

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Each letter contains pen and ink sketches concerning the subjects about which he is writing. (1) has caricatures of Joshua Reynolds, Dr. Johnson and Mrs. Thrale. (2) delineates a procession of illustrious personages from English history which passed before him in the dead of night to abuse him for "making game of them."

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Doyle, John, 1797-1868

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Irish born lithographer, portraitist and caricaturist, Doyle worked in London as a portrait lithographer and eventually turned to political caricature. His plates were issued by the publisher, Thomas M. McLean, in volume form both in 1841 and 1844. Doyle used the pseudonym H.B. to sign most of his works. He was considered to be the first political caricaturist of the 19th century. From the description of Political sketches : lithographic caricatures, 1834-1849. (Unknown). WorldCat re...

Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784

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Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) was one of the leading literary figures of eighteenth-century England. He is best remembered for compiling the first comprehensive dictionary of the English language, published in 1755. Prominent among his diverse other works, he also wrote the satirical History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia (1759), edited The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare (1765), and produced the important Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, to the Works of the English Poets (first collect...

Piozzi, Hester Lynch, 1741-1821

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Hester Lynch Thrale (born Hester Lynch Salusbury and after her second marriage, Hester Lynch Piozzi ) was a British diarist, author, and patron of the arts. Her diaries and correspondence are an important source of information about Samuel Johnson and eighteenth-century life. From the description of Autograph poem, unsigned, an adaptation of Francis Fawkes's "An Autumnal Ode, " no date [paper watermarked 1813]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754864928 From the description of...

Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723-1792

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Epithet: of Add MS 38728 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001129.0x000076 Sir Joshua Reynolds was the leading portrait painter of late 18th-century England. He was a friend of Samuel Johnson and a founding member of the Literary Club, and was knighted in 1769. He also delivered a series of influential discourses on painting to the Royal Academy from 1769 to 1790. From the description of Papers, 1767-...

Doyle, Richard, 1824-1883

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English artist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : to H. Cholmondeley Pennell, "Saturday," [watermark 1865]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270529642 From the description of Autograph letter signed : n.p. [London], to "My dear Oliphant", n.d. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270525596 From the description of Autograph letter signed : n.p., to E. Dalziel, n.d. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270525592 From the description of Autograph letter sign...