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Wikidata identifier:
Q7411865
Instance of:
historic house museum; biographical museum; local authority museum
Museum/collection status:
Accredited museum
Accreditation number:
767
Persistent shareable link for this record:
https://museumdata.uk/museums/q7411865/

Collection-level records:

  • Collection overview (Cornucopia)

    Personalia Collection

    Collection related to the subject-matter of the Museum.

    Subjects

    People (literary); Personalia

    Fine Art Collection

    There are paintings, watercolours, engravings and pastels of Johnson, Garrick, Boswell and other members of Johnson’s circle. There are also topographical pictures of Lichfield and other Johnson buildings and places, especially by John Buckler and Paul Braddon. There are paintings, watercolours, engravings and pastels of Johnson, Garrick, Boswell and other members of Johnson’s circle. There are also topographical pictures of Lichfield and other Johnson buildings and places.

    Subjects

    Watercolours; Paintings; Fine Art; Prints; Drawings; Western European

    Archives Collection

    These include autograph letters by Samuel Johnson, James Boswell, Anna Seward, Hester Piozzi; documents relating to the house and Lichfield history; and the papers of Gregory King.

    Subjects

    Documents (historic); Documents (legal); Archives; Documents (personal)

    Source: Cornucopia

    Date: Not known, but before 2015

    Licence: CC BY-NC

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