Color: Black and White; Size: 4 x 5; Type of Image: Book; Medium: Photographic print
Type:
Photographic print
Book
Date:
1820
Category:
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Summary:
"The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.," a new edition, in twelve volumes, to which is prefixed, "An Essay on his Life and Genius by Arthur Murphy, Esq., Vol 1 Containing Life and Poems." London: Printed for G. Walker, J. Akerman, E. Edwards, J. Harwood, W. Robinson and Sons, Liverpool; E. Thomson, Manchester; J. Noble, Hull; J. Wilson, Berwick; W. Whyte and Co. Edinburgh; and R. Griffin and Co. Glasgow; J. Haddon, Printer, Tabernacle Walk. One of 213 books from James Smithson's personal library which came to the Smithsonian with his bequest. Samuel Johnson taught at Pembroke College, Oxford University, while James Smithson was a student there.
Contained within:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 21, Folder: 1-B
