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James Boswell

Scottish lawyer, diarist and author (1740–1795)

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Images from the collections

Images by James Boswell

2 images from works
  • The life of Samuel Johnson, L.L.D. Comprehending an account of his studies, and numerous works, in chronological order : a series of his epistolary correspondence and conversations with many eminent persons and various original pieces of his composition, never before published / by James Boswell.
  • Dr Samuel Johnson reading the manuscript of Oliver Goldsmith's 'The vicar of Wakefield', while a bailiff waits with the landlady. Mezzotint by S. Bellin, 1845, after E.M. Ward.

Images featuring James Boswell

2 images from works
  • A gathering at Joshua Reynolds's house: Oliver Goldsmith and Edmund Burke among the company. Stipple engraving by W. Walker, 1848, after J.E. Doyle.
  • Writers: twenty portraits. Engraving by J.W. Cook, 1825.

Works from the collections

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19 works

    • Books

    Boswell, the great biographer, 1789-1795 / edited by Marlies K. Danziger and Frank Brady.

    James Boswell | Date: [1989]
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    A letter to Robert Macqueen Lord Braxfield, on his promotion to be one of the judges of the High Court of Justiciary

    | Date: 1780
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    Boswell in Holland, 1763-1764 : including his correspondence with Belle de Zuylen / edited by Frederick A. Pottle.

    James Boswell | Date: [1952]
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    The curious smelling-bottle, called Le sel poignant d'Angleterre, ..

    Dalmahoy, Alexander 1723-1781. | Date: 1785
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    Proposals for publishing a new and improved edition of Shakspeare illustrated. By Charlotte Lennox

    Lennox, Charlotte ca. 1729-1804. | Date: 1796
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Frequent collaborators

Frederick A. Pottle

Related topics

History, 18th Century
Authors
Authors, Scottish

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