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Há 17 horas · Her firmest friend, however, was Sir Joshua Reynolds, he painted her in 1766, a compliment she returned by her Portrait of Sir Joshua Reynolds. The artist identified herself primarily as a history painter, an unusual designation for a woman artist in the 18th century.
Há 3 dias · Well-known members of the medical profession who lived there were Sir Edmund King, Samuel Collins, Sir George Wakeman, Sir John Colbatch, Gideon Harvey, and Dr. Misaubin, while the artists included Sir James Thornhill, Van Nost, the sculptor, Francis Hayman, Sir Joshua Reynolds, William Hogarth, Henry Fuseli, and Louis François ...
Há 5 dias · There Henry Thrale and his wife entertained Dr. Johnson, Sir Joshua Reynolds, David Garrick, Oliver Goldsmith and other celebrities.
Há 1 dia · Life and career Early life and education Main article: Early life of Samuel Johnson Johnson's birthplace in Market Square, Lichfield Samuel Johnson was born on 18 September 1709 to Sarah Johnson (née Ford) (1669–1759) and Michael Johnson (1656–1732), a bookseller. His mother was 40 when she gave birth to Johnson in the family home above his father's bookshop in Lichfield, Staffordshire ...
Há 2 dias · The great Samuel Johnson once said to Sir Joshua Reynolds in 1769 in a conversation about a book they had both read: “I have, indeed, not read it all. But when I take up the end of a web, and find it pack-thread, I do not expect, by looking further, to find embroidery.”