RA Collection: People and Organisations
Bookseller, and actor, in London. Introduced Boswell to Dr. Johnson.
Appointed by the king as Bookseller to the RA. Council Minutes 30 January 1769.
Presented bills for books bought by Royal Academy in 1770 (22 March £4 3s.6 d.); 1773 (April £2 11s.6d.; July £6 for ‘Universal History’); 1776 (23 July £4 14s.6d.; Nov. £11 4s.6d.); 1777 (4 Feb. ’… on acc[oun]t £50’).
Went bankrupt in 1778, but reinstated through help mobilised by Dr. Johnson.
Born: ca. 1712
Died: 5 May 1785
Gender: Male
Royal Academy of Arts (London)
The exhibition of the Royal Academy, MDCCLXXVII. The ninth. - London: [1777]
16/3091
Royal Academy of Arts (London)
The exhibition of the Royal Academy, MDCCLXXVI. The eighth. - London: [1776]
16/3090
Sir Joshua Reynolds PRA
A discourse, delivered to the students of the Royal Academy, on the distribution of the prizes, December 11, 1769, by the President [Sir Joshua Reynolds] - London: 1769
14/3025
An universal history, from the earliest account of time : Compiled from original authors; and illustrated with maps, cuts, notes, &c. With a general index to the whole. ... - London: 1747-1754.
12/4244