Blinking Sam
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blinking-sam-173-4433347
title:
Blinking Sam
text:
Portrait of Samuel Johnson, also known as Blinking Sam, is an oil-painted portrait of English lexicographer Samuel Johnson reading, created by English artist Joshua Reynolds around 1775. The painting highlights Johnson's vision problems, which led Johnson to deride the painting and say that he would not be "Blinking Sam", as quoted in Hester Thrale's Anecdotes of the Late Samuel Johnson. The artwork has since been noted to be the "best-known" portrait of Johnson, and became an Internet meme in 2
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
C. 1775 painting by Joshua Reynolds
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blinking_Sam
date created:
2024-07-20T10:02:02Z
date modified:
2024-09-02T04:03:45Z
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