[James Boswell] [art original]

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[James Boswell] [art original]

Subject: Standing figure, similar to full-size statue of Boswell by Fitzgerald in Market Square Lichfield, Staffordshire, UK.

1 sculpture : plaster with brown paint ; 61 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7799094

Houghton Library

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Donald and Mary Hyde Collection of Dr. Samuel Johnson (Houghton Library)

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Boswell, James, 1740-1795

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James Boswell (1740-1795) was the author of one of the most influential biographies in the English language, The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. He also wrote two successful travel books: An Account of Corsica, and The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides. He worked intermittently as a lawyer, and in 1782 succeeded his father as Laird of Auchinleck in Scotland. From the description of James Boswell letters, 1762-1795. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612839330 Boswell wa...

Fitzgerald, Percy Hetherington, 1834-1925

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Percy Wyly is a pseud. of Percy Hetherington Fitzgerald. From the description of Percy Wyly letter : [London, England] : ms., [18--?]. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 55691265 Irish sculptor and writer. From the description of Amuse the crowds : [London] : autograph manuscript signed, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270511762 Irish sculptor and author. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [London]...