Boswell Collection

David Boswell Reid, M.D, F.R.S.E Doctor and sanitation reformer from Edinburgh, responsible for the ventilation and lighting of the House of Commons in the 1840s

Boswell and Johnson walking down Fleet Street, London
Engraving showing Dr. Samuel Johnson and James Boswell walking, arm in arm, along Fleet Street in London

Boswell, Edinburgh Home
BOSWELLs home in James Court, Edinburgh. Hume also lived here

Dr Johnson / Highland Tour
DR SAMUEL JOHNSON With Boswell, during their Highland tour

Dr Johnson / Mitre / Boswell
DR SAMUEL JOHNSON With Boswell at the Mitre Tavern

Tom Davies bookseller
Thomas Davies bookshop in Russell Street. Tom Davies, bookseller, actor and author and friend of Boswell and Johnson, who amongst other works wrote The Life of Garrick (1780)

Boswell Court
View of Boswell Court, London. One of several courts and alleyways demolished in the 1860s to make way for the building of the Royal Courts of Justice

A portrait of Walter Winchell, the Boswell of Broadway, 1930 Date: 1930

Auchinleck churchyard, burial place of James Boswell
Achinleck churchyeard with the family vault of Lord Auchinleck in which James Boswell was buried. Date: 1895

Johnson and Boswell in Bolt Court, London
Dr Samuel Johnson and his friend James Boswell in Bolt Court, Fleet Street, London. 18th century

Edmund Kean as Shakespeares Richard III, at Drury Lane Theatre in 1814. Seen here in Act V, looking troubled on the eve of the Battle of Boswell. 1814

Digger - Lorry - Construction, Chelmsford, Essex
Digger/Lorry/Construction, Chelmsford, Essex, England. Boswell Builders Date: 1920s

Zimbabwe (Rhodesia) - Farm
Black and white lantern slide of farm - British South Africa. Part of Box 288 - British South Africa. Boswell Collection. Slide number 42 Farm Date: circa 1890s

Zimbabwe (Rhodesia) - Tanganyika Plateau
Black and white lantern Slide of Tanganyika Plateau - British South Africa. Part of Box 288, Britrish South Africa. Boswell Collection

Japan - A group of three Ainos, the aborigines
Lantern slide of a group of three Ainos, the aborigines. The Ainu (also called Aynu, Aino and in historical texts Ezo), are indigenous people or groups in Japan and Russia

Queenstown, County Cork, Ireland Date: circa 1890

English Cathedrals - The Cloister- Gloucester - View along high vaulted corridor. Part of Box 144 Boswell.Collection Wardle records that in 1058 Ealdred, Bishop of Worcester at the time

John Wilson Croker - 2
JOHN WILSON CROKER Statesman and writer, editor of Boswells Johnson; done when he was Secretary to the Admiralty. Date: 1780 - 1857

John Wilson Croker - 3
JOHN WILSON CROKER Statesman and writer, editor of Boswells Johnson; with a portrait of Miss Croker on the wall. Date: 1780 - 1857

Boswell / Auchinleck
JAMES BOSWELL Scottish lawyer; friend and biographer of Samuel Johnson Date: 1740 - 1795

Boswell / Holl / Lawrence
JAMES BOSWELL Scottish lawyer; friend and biographer of Samuel Johnson Date: 1740 - 1795

Boswell / Finden / Reynolds
JAMES BOSWELL Scottish lawyer; friend and biographer of Samuel Johnson Date: 1740 - 1795

J. Boswell / London Mag
JAMES BOSWELL Scottish lawyer and biographer of Samuel Johnson, pictured here in the dress of a Corsican chief. Date: 1740 - 1795

James Boswell (Martin)
JAMES BOSWELL Scottish lawyer, friend and biographer of Dr Johnson Date: 1740 - 1795

James Boswell (Haydon)
JAMES BOSWELL Scottish lawyer, friend and biographer of Dr Johnson Date: 1740 - 1795

Public Gardens (Modern)
Slide showing a view of Jerusalems public gardens. Part of Box 366. Boswell Collection. Date: circa 1900

The City Hall, San Francisco
Slide showing a photograph of San Franciscos City Hall, completed in 1899, but was rebuilt with a different design after the 1906 earthquake. Part of Box 366. Boswell Collection. Date: circa 1900

A stroll through the Woods at Lake George
Slide showing a picture of a man and a woman on a path through some woods. Part of Box 366. Boswell Collection. Lake George is in New York state. Date: circa 1900

The Puppy Group - Copyright
Slide showing a photograph of four puppies sitting on pedestal with a red covering. Part of Box 366. Boswell Collection. Date: circa 1900

Robinson Crusoe loading the raft
Slide showing a scene from the story Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe. The picture shows Crusoe disembarking a ship on to a raft. Part of Box 366. Boswell Collection. Date: circa 1900

Japan - An Ox carrying tea
Lantern slide of an Ox carrying tea.. Part of Box 158 Japan, part of Boswell Collection, slide no 40 Date: circa 1890s

Japan - A group of beggars praying
Lantern slide of a group of beggars praying.. Part of Box 158 Japan, part of Boswell Collection, slide no 38 Date: circa 1890s

Bygones
Slide showing the word Bygones scratched into a black background signed A.H.T. Boswell. Part of Box 366. Date: circa 1900

Japan - The town Otsu, on lake Biwa Otsu
Lantern slide of the town Otsu, on lake Biwa. Otsu (Otsu-shi) is a small village in Japan. It is located about five miles from Kyoto, and is considered a central and strategic location in Japan

Japan - A group of seven girls
Lantern slide of a group of seven girls. Part of Box 158 Japan, Part of Boswell Collection, slide no. 4 Date: circa 1890s

Sydney, Australia - Australia from North Shore
Slide showing a colour painting of a city scape.. Boswell Collection. Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales

Japan -... of Otsu
Black and white lantern slide overview scene of town and lake. Part of Box 157, Japan Boswell Collection. Slide number 1 Located on the southwestern shore of Lake Biwa-ko

Kamerad in the Air by William C. Boswell
An aerial battle on the Western front with a German squadron seen in retreat with the last one (bottom right) being pursued by a British antagonist on her tail

Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784) putting forth his opinion in a robust manner while James Boswell listens. Dr Johnsons friend Oliver Goldsmith said, " There is no arguing with Johnson

James Boswell / Reynolds
JAMES BOSWELL Scottish lawyer and biographer of Samuel Johnson

J. Boswell / Full Length
JAMES BOSWELL Scottish lawyer and biographer of Samuel Johnson

Dr Johnson / Bolt Ct Home
DR SAMUEL JOHNSON With Boswell - at home in Bolt Court

Doctor Johnson Eating
DR SAMUEL JOHNSON Caricatured with Boswell as a pair of gourmands

Dr Johnson / At Home
DR SAMUEL JOHNSON At home - with Mrs Williams, Francis and Levett; Boswell is about to enter the room

Little Will, Waiter
Little Will, the well-known waiter at the Turks Head coffee house, 142 The Strand, London, where Johnson & Boswell were regular customers

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