Samuel Johnson portrait and letter, [ca. 1775-1800].

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Samuel Johnson portrait and letter, [ca. 1775-1800].

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Engraved portrait of Samuel Johnson, undated, and signed note from Johnson to an unidentified correspondent, dated June 17, 1775. In the note, Johnson refers to "this dreadful attack" and concludes, "You will do what you can, and I hope soon to come and help you."

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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...