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

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

1-624-677 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'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).

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People Information

Creator
  1. W Rennie, attributed to: : Artist
After
  1. James Gillray: British, English: Artist, caricaturist, draftsman, engraver, printmaker
Subject
  1. John Milton: British; English: Poet
  2. Alexander Pope: British: Poet, satirist, writer
  3. Dr Samuel Johnson: British: Doctor, writer, critic, author
People Related
  1. George Paston: : Author
Picture Type
  1. Caricature
  2. Portrait
Category Hierarchy

People Famous People

Society & Culture Art & Literature

Artistic Representations Satires

Artistic Representations Caricatures

Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 3913x4466
File Size : 51,198kb

Aliases

  1. 0580005644
  1. 1-624-677
  1. 1624677
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