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Call Number:
MSS 30
Holdings:
Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
Creator:
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
Title(s):
Notes on Johnson's Lives of the poets
Date:
between 1784 and 1792
Classification:
Archives and Manuscripts
Series:
Series III: Writings
Part of Collection:
Box 1, folder Reynolds 46
Provenance:
Gift of Frederick W. Hilles.
Conditions Governing Access:
The materials are open for research.
Conditions Governing Use:
Copyright Undetermined

The collection is the physical property of the Yale Center for British Art. Literary rights, including copyright, belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns. For further information, consult the Archives Department.
Scope and Content:
Notes on Johnson's <title render="italic">Lives of the Poets</title>, made after Johnson's death, and used when Reynolds was revising his <title render="italic">Discourses</title> for the collected edition. Discovered with Boswell Papers in a stable loft at Malahide Castle.
Physical Description:
3 pages ; 33 x 21 cm.
Genre:
Commonplace books, Diaries, Letters, and Notebooks
Subject Terms:
Description and travel
Painting, European
Associated Places:
Antwerp (Belgium)
Belgium
Brussels (Belgium)
Germany
Netherlands
Paris (France)
Rotterdam (Netherlands)
Associated People/Groups:
Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784
Finding Aid Title:
Joshua Reynolds Archive
Collection PDF:
https://ead-pdfs.library.yale.edu/18.pdf
Archival Object:
https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/3/archival_objects/2769
Metadata Cloud URL:
https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/2769?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1