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Oliver Goldsmith

Also known as: Oliver Goldsmith; primary name: Goldsmith, Oliver
Details: individual; author/poet; British; Male
Life dates: 1728-1774
Biography: Poet; born in Ireland, in London from 1756; close friend of Joshua Reynolds and Samuel Johnson.

623 related objects

drawing

Museum number: 1900,0824.540 |
Producer name: BIOG48072 Drawn by:Frederick Tayler |
Production date: 1802-1889

drawing

Museum number: 1876,0510.930 |
Producer name: BIOG43488 Drawn by:Sir Joshua Reynolds |
Production date: 1723-1792

drawing; sketch-book

Museum number: 1973,1208.84.1-82 |
Producer name: BIOG17703 Drawn by:William Artaud |
Production date: 1795

drawing

Museum number: 1967,1014.131 |
Producer name: BIOG42092 Drawn by:George John Pinwell |
Production date: 1864

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1900,0824.399 |
Producer name: BIOG47520 Drawn by:Thomas Stothard |
Production date: 1755-1834

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1882,0311.318 |
Producer name: BIOG23515 Drawn by:Richard Cook |
Production date: 1809

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1891,1117.359 |
Producer name: BIOG63250 Drawn by:George Cruikshank |
Production date: 1832

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1891,1117.363 |
Producer name: BIOG63250 Drawn by:George Cruikshank |
Production date: 1832

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1891,1117.365 |
Producer name: BIOG63250 Drawn by:George Cruikshank |
Production date: 1832

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1891,1117.361 |
Producer name: BIOG63250 Drawn by:George Cruikshank |
Production date: 1832

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1856,0510.1153 |
Producer name: BIOG47520 Drawn by:Thomas Stothard |
Production date: 1755-1834

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1882,0311.418 |
Producer name: BIOG23515 Drawn by:Richard Cook |
Production date: 1808

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1946,0413.122 |
Producer name: BIOG47520 Drawn by:Thomas Stothard |
Production date: 1770-1793

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1882,0311.319 |
Producer name: BIOG23515 Drawn by:Richard Cook |
Production date: 1809

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1882,0311.309 |
Producer name: BIOG23515 Drawn by:Richard Cook |
Production date: 1808

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1891,1117.360 |
Producer name: BIOG63250 Drawn by:George Cruikshank |
Production date: 1832

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1913,0528.74 |
Producer name: BIOG50625 Drawn by:Charles Harvey Weigall |
Production date: 1794

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1891,1117.364 |
Producer name: BIOG63250 Drawn by:George Cruikshank |
Production date: 1832

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1882,0311.429 |
Producer name: BIOG23515 Drawn by:Richard Cook |
Production date: 1809

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1946,0413.121 |
Producer name: BIOG47520 Drawn by:Thomas Stothard |
Production date: 1770-1787

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1891,1117.362 |
Producer name: BIOG63250 Drawn by:George Cruikshank |
Production date: 1832

drawing

Museum number: 2019,7015.747 |
Producer name: BIOG51712 Drawn by:John Masey Wright |
Production date: 1800-1866

drawing

Museum number: 1882,0311.1479 |
Producer name: BIOG19529 Drawn by:John Bewick |
Production date: 1760-1795

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1882,0311.317 |
Producer name: BIOG23515 Drawn by:Richard Cook |
Production date: 1809

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1992,0406.90 |
Producer name: BIOG42092 Drawn by:George John Pinwell |
Production date: 1865

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1882,0311.315 |
Producer name: BIOG23515 Drawn by:Richard Cook |
Production date: 1809

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1882,0311.311 |
Producer name: BIOG23515 Drawn by:Richard Cook |
Production date: 1808

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1859,0514.4 |
Producer name: BIOG49199 Drawn by:Thomas Uwins |
Production date: 1782-1857

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1882,0311.1480 |
Producer name: BIOG19529 Drawn by:John Bewick |
Production date: 1760-1795

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1900,0824.400 |
Producer name: BIOG47520 Drawn by:Thomas Stothard |
Production date: 1755-1834

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1902,1018.19 |
Producer name: BIOG46085 Drawn by:George Shepheard |
Production date: 1813

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1882,0311.310 |
Producer name: BIOG23515 Drawn by:Richard Cook |
Production date: 1808

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1882,0311.316 |
Producer name: BIOG23515 Drawn by:Richard Cook |
Production date: 1808

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1900,0824.403 |
Producer name: BIOG47520 Drawn by:Thomas Stothard |
Production date: 1755-1834

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1882,0311.314 |
Producer name: BIOG23515 Drawn by:Richard Cook |
Production date: 1808

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1882,0311.312 |
Producer name: BIOG23515 Drawn by:Richard Cook |
Production date: 1808

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1882,0311.313 |
Producer name: BIOG23515 Drawn by:Richard Cook |
Production date: 1809

illustrated book; print

Museum number: 1864,0213.154-202 |
Producer name: Print made by:George CruikshankBlock cut by:Mary Byfield |
Production date: 1825 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1854,1211.419.7 |
Producer name: After:William Edward FrostBlock cut by:John Thompson |
Production date: 1851

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Vicar of Wakefield |
Museum number: 1849,0512.590 |
Producer name: Print made by:William WalkerAfter:William Walker |
Production date: 1780

print; title-page; frontispiece

Museum number: 1858,0626.133.1-2 |
Producer name: Print made by:Henry Chawner ShentonAfter:Henry Corbould |
Production date: 1824

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1854,1211.419.5 |
Producer name: Block cut by:Vizetelly & CoAfter:James Duffield Harding |
Production date: 1851

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1854,1211.419.20 |
Producer name: Block cut by:Mason JacksonAfter:Edward Matthew Ward |
Production date: 1851

print

Title: Elysium and Tartarus or the State of Final Retribu Society of Arts |
Museum number: 1848,1125.569 |
Producer name: BIOG18560 Print made by:James Barry |
Production date: 1792

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1854,1211.419.15 |
Producer name: After:Frederick TaylerPrint made by:John Thompson |
Production date: 1851

print

Title: Dr Goldsmith |
Museum number: K,60.63 |
Producer name: Print made by:James BrethertonAfter:Henry William Bunbury |
Production date: 1770-1774

print

Title: The Deserted Village |
Museum number: 1857,0214.222 |
Producer name: BIOG48072 Print made by:Frederick Tayler |
Production date: 1838-1841

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1854,1211.419.3 |
Producer name: After:John AbsolonBlock cut by:Walter George Mason |
Production date: 1851

print; book-illustration

Title: Sæculi felicit |
Museum number: D,3.622 |
Producer name: Print made by:Francesco BartolozziAfter:Edward Edwards |
Production date: 1787

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1854,1211.419.26 |
Producer name: After:John LeechBlock cut by:Harvey Orrin Smith |
Production date: 1851

print; book of prints

Title: The Deserted Village by Oliver Goldsmith |
Museum number: 1856,0209.1574-1650 |
Producer name: Published by:Etching ClubPrint made by:John Callcott Horsley |
Production date: 1841

print; book-illustration

Title: The Vicar and Family dining in the Field. |
Museum number: 1900,1231.6176 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel SangsterAfter:Thomas Uwins |
Production date: 1825-1857

print; book-illustration

Title: Vicissit. temp. |
Museum number: 1873,1108.38 |
Producer name: Print made by:Francesco BartolozziAfter:Edward Edwards |
Production date: 1787

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1849,0721.686-687 |
Producer name: BIOG47520 After:Thomas Stothard |
Production date: 1788

print

Museum number: 1866,0407.145 |
Producer name: After:J H LeePrint made by:Edward Palmer |
Production date: 1842-1866

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1900,0613.447 |
Producer name: Block cut by:William James LintonAfter:Edward Henry Wehnert |
Production date: 1851

print; book-illustration; album

Title: India-Proofs of Wood-Engravings by The Brothers Dalziel |
Museum number: 1913,0415.179 |
Producer name: Block cut by:Dalziel BrothersAfter:William Paton Burton |
Production date: 1863-1867

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1900,1231.2679 |
Producer name: BIOG43599 After:Ludwig Richter |
Production date: 1841

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1887,1010.95 |
Producer name: Block cut by:William Frederick MeasomAfter:William Leighton Leitch |
Production date: 1850

print

Title: The Village Pastor |
Museum number: 1866,1208.50 |
Producer name: After:William Powell FrithPrint made by:William Holl (the Younger) |
Production date: 1849

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1900,1231.2694 |
Producer name: BIOG43599 After:Ludwig Richter |
Production date: 1841

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1900,1231.2680 |
Producer name: Block cut by:William Alfred NichollsAfter:Ludwig Richter |
Production date: 1841

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1854,1211.419.17 |
Producer name: After:Richard AnsdellBlock cut by:W T Green |
Production date: 1851

print; title-page; frontispiece

Museum number: 1852,1116.521-522 |
Producer name: BIOG49199 After:Thomas Uwins |
Production date: 1800-1830

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1891,0326.117 |
Producer name: Block cut by:Mason JacksonAfter:Edward Matthew Ward |
Production date: 1851

print; book-illustration

Title: The Vicar in Prison. |
Museum number: 1900,1231.6181 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel SangsterAfter:Thomas Uwins |
Production date: 1825-1857

print

Museum number: 1868,0822.1164 |
Producer name: BIOG43488 After:Sir Joshua Reynolds |
Production date: 1770-1868

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1900,1231.2726 |
Producer name: BIOG43599 After:Ludwig Richter |
Production date: 1841

print

Title: The Deserted Village |
Museum number: 1862,0524.134 |
Producer name: BIOG48072 Print made by:Frederick Tayler |
Production date: 1838-1841

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1900,1231.2702 |
Producer name: BIOG43599 After:Ludwig Richter |
Production date: 1841

print

Title: Mr Shuter, Mr Quick, Mrs Green, in the characters of Hardcastle, Tony Lumpkin, & Mrs Hardcastle |
Museum number: K,60.77 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1773-1817

print; book-illustration

Title: The Elopement of Olivia. |
Museum number: 1900,1231.6178 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel SangsterAfter:Thomas Uwins |
Production date: 1825-1857

print; frontispiece

Museum number: 1863,0613.283 |
Producer name: Print made by:Daniel ChodowieckiPublished by:August Mylius |
Production date: 1776 |
Production place: Published in:Berlin (city)Printed in:Altenburg

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1900,0613.135 |
Producer name: Block cut by:George DalzielAfter:Francis William (Frank) Topham |
Production date: 1851

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1900,1231.2724 |
Producer name: BIOG43599 After:Ludwig Richter |
Production date: 1841

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1900,1231.2684 |
Producer name: BIOG43599 After:Ludwig Richter |
Production date: 1841

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1900,0613.330 |
Producer name: Block cut by:John JacksonAfter:William Harvey |
Production date: 1828

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1854,1211.419.16 |
Producer name: Print made by:Joseph Lionel WilliamsAfter:George Haydock Dodgson |
Production date: 1851

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1900,1231.2707 |
Producer name: BIOG43599 After:Ludwig Richter |
Production date: 1841

print

Title: The Vicar of Wakefield |
Museum number: 1866,1114.555 |
Producer name: Print made by:William WoollettPrint made by:William Ellis |
Production date: 1780

print; book-illustration

Title: Mr Burchell saves the Vicar's Daughter. |
Museum number: 1900,1231.6174 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel SangsterAfter:Thomas Uwins |
Production date: 1825-1857

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1926,0331.514 |
Producer name: Print made by:Henry RollsAfter:Robert Farrier |
Production date: 1837

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1854,1211.419.29 |
Producer name: After:Francis William (Frank) TophamBlock cut by:George Dalziel |
Production date: 1851

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1900,0613.329 |
Producer name: Block cut by:John JacksonAfter:William Harvey |
Production date: 1828

print; book-illustration

Title: James I. |
Museum number: 1890,1008.10 |
Producer name: BIOG23513 Print made by:John William Cook |
Production date: 1830-1850

print

Museum number: 1860,0811.8 |
Producer name: BIOG48756 Print made by:Henry James Townsend |
Production date: 1838

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1900,1231.2682 |
Producer name: Block cut by:William Alfred NichollsAfter:Ludwig Richter |
Production date: 1841

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1854,1211.419.11 |
Producer name: After:Clarkson StanfieldBlock cut by:W T Green |
Production date: 1851

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1900,1231.2676 |
Producer name: Block cut by:Adolph Moritz KretzschmarAfter:Ludwig Richter |
Production date: 1841

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1900,1231.2722 |
Producer name: BIOG43599 After:Ludwig Richter |
Production date: 1841

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1849,0721.913 |
Producer name: BIOG47520 After:Thomas Stothard |
Production date: 1790s

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1900,1231.2731 |
Producer name: BIOG43599 After:Ludwig Richter |
Production date: 1841

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1900,1231.2699 |
Producer name: BIOG43599 After:Ludwig Richter |
Production date: 1841

print; book-illustration

Title: The Destroyed Village |
Museum number: 1854,1211.419.28 |
Producer name: After:Frederick William HulmeBlock cut by:Joseph Lionel Williams |
Production date: 1851

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1900,1231.2698 |
Producer name: BIOG43599 After:Ludwig Richter |
Production date: 1841

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1900,1231.2723 |
Producer name: BIOG43599 After:Ludwig Richter |
Production date: 1841

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1900,1231.2714 |
Producer name: Block cut by:William Alfred NichollsAfter:Ludwig Richter |
Production date: 1841

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1891,0326.116 |
Producer name: Block cut by:Mason JacksonAfter:Edward Matthew Ward |
Production date: 1851

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1849,0721.1504-1509 |
Producer name: After:Thomas StothardPrint made by:William Angus |
Production date: 1805

print; book-illustration; title-page; newspaper/periodical

Museum number: 1849,0721.2076-2081 |
Producer name: After:Thomas StothardPrint made by:Francis Engleheart |
Production date: 1826