Sujet

'Old Wisdom blinking at the stars', 1782.Artist: W Rennie

Légende

'Old Wisdom blinking at the stars', 1782. Man of letters and lexicographer Samuel Johnson (1709-1784), as a wise owl, looks at busts of Milton and Pope. Illustration from Social Caricature in the Eighteenth Century ... With over two hundred illustrations by George Paston [pseudonym of Emily Morse Symonds], (London, 1905).
The Print Collector collection

Date

30 nov. 1999

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM19C25_014

Model release

Non

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

50,0Mo (2,5Mo) / 33,1cm x 37,8cm / 3913 x 4466 (300dpi)

Mots clés

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