James Boswell

Portrait of James Boswell is a 1785 portrait painting by the English artist Joshua Reynolds depicting the Scottish author James Boswell. At the time Reynolds was President of the Royal Academy and Britain's leading portraitist, although he faced competition from Thomas Gainsborough and George Romney. Boswell subsequently became best known for writing the Life of Samuel Johnson, a biography of his friend the celebrated writer Samuel Johnson. Both Reynolds and Boswell were members of The Club, a London dining society that included leading figures of Georgian Britain. Boswell had a number of sittings over the course of the summer, the last of which took place after they had breakfasted together.

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