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George Willison  (1741–1797)  wikidata:Q12072981
 
George Willison
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Willison
Description Scottish portrait painter
Date of birth/death 1741 Edit this at Wikidata April 1797
Location of birth/death Edinburgh Edinburgh
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artist QS:P170,Q12072981
Object type painting
object_type QS:P31,Q3305213
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English: Portrait of James Boswell (1740-1795) at twenty-five
Date 1765
date QS:P571,+1765-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
Dimensions height: 135.2 cm (53.2 in); width: 96.5 cm (37.9 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,135.2U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,96.5U174728
institution QS:P195,Q942713
References https://www.nationalgalleries.org/collection/artists-a-z/w/artist/george-willison/object/james-boswell-1740-1795-diarist-and-biographer-of-dr-samuel-johnson-pg-804
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(Original text : Lane, Margaret (1975), Samuel Johnson & his World, p. 164. New York: Harpers & Row Publishers, ISBN 0060124962)

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