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National Galleries of Scotland, Scottish National Portrait Gallery
Title
James Boswell (1740–1795), Diarist and Biographer of Dr Samuel Johnson
Date
1765
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
H 135.2 x W 96.5 cm
Accession number
PG 804
Acquisition method
bequeathed by Captain James Wood, 1912
Work type
Painting
National Galleries of Scotland, Scottish National Portrait Gallery
1 Queen Street, Edinburgh EH2 1JD Scotland
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