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

drawing

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

drawing

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

drawing; sketch-book

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

drawing; print study

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

drawing; print study

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

drawing; print study

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

drawing; print study

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

drawing; print study

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

drawing; print study

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

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1891,1117.360 |
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: 1891,1117.361 |
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: 1882,0311.318 |
Producer name: BIOG23515 Drawn by:Richard Cook |
Production date: 1809

drawing; print study

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

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; print study

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

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1891,1117.359 |
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

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

drawing; print study

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

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

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1882,0311.317 |
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: 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: 1859,0514.4 |
Producer name: BIOG49199 Drawn by:Thomas Uwins |
Production date: 1782-1857

drawing; print study

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

drawing; print study

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

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1882,0311.315 |
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: 1882,0311.314 |
Producer name: BIOG23515 Drawn by:Richard Cook |
Production date: 1808

drawing

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

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: 1900,1231.2734-2743 |
Producer name: Print made by:Alfred RevelAfter:Tony Johannot |
Production date: 1800-1850 |
Production place: Printed in:Paris (France)

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: 1849,0721.911 |
Producer name: BIOG47520 After:Thomas Stothard |
Production date: 1790s

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: 1930,0414.114 |
Producer name: Print made by:Emma SmithAfter:Sir Joshua Reynolds |
Production date: 1820-1824

print; satirical print

Title: [Oliver Goldsmith] |
Museum number: 1917,1208.3008 |
Producer name: BIOG21334 Print made by:Henry William Bunbury |
Production date: 1770-1772

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

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

print

Museum number: 1868,0822.7773 |
Producer name: BIOG23570 Print made by:Robert Cooper |
Production date: 1795-1836

print

Title: Oliver Goldsmith |
Museum number: 1920,1211.1714 |
Producer name: Print made by:John H BakerAfter:Sir Joshua Reynolds |
Production date: 1850-1870

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1900,1231.3290-3298 |
Producer name: Print made by:Adolphe LalauzePublished by:Jouaust |
Production date: 1888 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print

Museum number: 1884,0726.94 |
Producer name: BIOG43645 Print made by:William Ridley |
Production date: 1799-1800

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

print; book-illustration

Title: British Classics |
Museum number: 1879,0809.386 |
Producer name: Attributed to:Anthony CardonAfter:Henry Thomson |
Production date: 1805-1813

print; book-illustration

Title: Goldsmith |
Museum number: 1900,1231.1189 |
Producer name: Print made by:Frederik Willem ZürcherAfter:Sir Joshua Reynolds |
Production date: 1860-1890

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

Museum number: 1900,1231.6187 |
Producer name: BIOG43488 After:Sir Joshua Reynolds |
Production date: 1800-1830

print

Title: Oliver Goldsmith |
Museum number: 1896,1012.67 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert GravesAfter:Sir Joshua Reynolds

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

Title: The Illustrious Sons of Ireland |
Museum number: 1938,1011.9 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1790-1850

print; book-illustration

Title: Ev'n now, where alpine solitudes ascend ... |
Museum number: 1871,0812.2714 |
Producer name: After:Francis WheatleyPrint made by:Thomas Medland |
Production date: 1800 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Mr Shuter, Mr Quick, and Mrs Green in the characters of Hardcastle, Tony Lumpkin & Mrs Hardcastle |
Museum number: K,63.124 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert LaurieAfter:Thomas Parkinson |
Production date: 1776 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1869,1009.126 |
Producer name: Block cut by:Thomas WilliamsAfter:Clarkson Stanfield |
Production date: 1813-1860

print

Title: The Vicar of Wakefield |
Museum number: 1849,0328.75 |
Producer name: Print made by:William WoollettPrint made by:William Ellis |
Production date: 1780 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Museum number: 1849,0512.589 |
Producer name: After:Daniel DoddPrint made by:Anthony Walker |
Production date: 1780 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Now lost to all; ... |
Museum number: 1871,0812.2715 |
Producer name: After:Francis WheatleyPrint made by:Anker Smith |
Production date: 1800 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; title-page

Title: The Traveller British Classics |
Museum number: 1857,0217.11 |
Producer name: Print made by:John Pye, the youngerAfter:Richard Westall |
Production date: 1816 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1849,0721.1156-1158 |
Producer name: After:Thomas StothardPrint made by:William Taylor |
Production date: 1797 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: The Deserted Village British Classics |
Museum number: 1871,0812.2707 |
Producer name: Print made by:William FindenAfter:Richard Westall |
Production date: 1816 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; frontispiece

Title: The Sad Historian |
Museum number: 1925,0305.9 |
Producer name: Print made by:John BewickPublished by:William Bulmer |
Production date: 1795 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: Vaux-Hall |
Museum number: G,14.48 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert PollardPrint made by:Francis Jukes |
Production date: 1785 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1875,0710.3270 |
Producer name: After:Richard CorbouldAfter:Robert William Satchwell |
Production date: 1799 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: The Pious Pastor |
Museum number: 1917,1208.2381 |
Producer name: Print made by:S MillerAfter:Thomas Stothard |
Production date: 1791 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1900,1231.2635-2667 |
Producer name: Print made by:John ThompsonPublished by:Thomas Tegg |
Production date: 1800-1825 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1900,1231.3189-3289 |
Producer name: Print made by:Hugh ThomsonPublished by:Macmillan & Co |
Production date: 1889-1890 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)Printed in:Edinburgh

print; book-illustration

Title: And haply too some pilgrim, thither led, with many a tale repays the nightly bed |
Museum number: 1871,0812.2364 |
Producer name: After:William HamiltonPrint made by:James Neagle |
Production date: 1800 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1863,0214.371 |
Producer name: After:Richard CorbouldPrint made by:John Chapman |
Production date: 1796 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; title-page

Museum number: 1890,1008.4 |
Producer name: Print made by:John William CookPublished by:Allan Bell & Co |
Production date: 1830-1850 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Goldsmith |
Museum number: 1872,1012.2434 |
Producer name: After:John Henry FoleyPrint made by:George J Stodart |
Production date: 1848-1866 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Museum number: K,60.60 |
Producer name: BIOG43488 After:Sir Joshua Reynolds |
Production date: 1774 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Henry VI. |
Museum number: 1890,1008.9 |
Producer name: Print made by:John William CookPublished by:Allan Bell & Co |
Production date: 1830-1850 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: The Village Ale-House |
Museum number: 1917,1208.2351 |
Producer name: Print made by:Joseph GrozerAfter:Henry William Bunbury |
Production date: 1787 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Oliver Goldsmith |
Museum number: 1875,0710.7083 |
Producer name: After:Sir Joshua ReynoldsPrint made by:John Rogers |
Production date: 1838 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)Published in:Paris (France)

print; frontispiece

Museum number: 1849,0512.213 |
Producer name: Print made by:Cosmo ArmstrongAfter:Richard Cook |
Production date: 1809 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: The Pious Pastor |
Museum number: 1877,0609.1952 |
Producer name: After:Thomas StothardPrint made by:S Miller |
Production date: 1791 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: The Vicar of Wakefield |
Museum number: 1868,0808.3104 |
Producer name: Print made by:William WoollettPrint made by:William Ellis |
Production date: 1780 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration; title-page

Museum number: 1875,0710.3329 |
Producer name: After:Richard CorbouldPrint made by:James Neagle |
Production date: 1798 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Dr Johnson Rescuing Oliver Goldsmith from his Landlady |
Museum number: 1853,0312.598 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel BellinAfter:Edward Matthew Ward |
Production date: 1844 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: The Family Picture |
Museum number: 1978,U.162 |
Producer name: Print made by:George CruikshankPublished by:Longman |
Production date: 1830 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1875,0710.3283 |
Producer name: After:Richard CorbouldPrint made by:Charles Warren |
Production date: 1799 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1900,1231.2935-3039 |
Producer name: Published by:Willoughby & CoPublished by:Routledge |
Production date: 1840-1860 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; title-page

Title: The Vicar of Wakefield British Classics |
Museum number: 1900,1231.5648 |
Producer name: Print made by:William FindenAfter:Richard Westall |
Production date: 1829 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Dr Goldsmith |
Museum number: 1889,0409.62 |
Producer name: Print made by:Philip AudinetPublished by:Harrison & Co |
Production date: 1795 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: The Family Picture |
Museum number: 1978,U.163 |
Producer name: Print made by:George CruikshankPublished by:Longman |
Production date: 1830 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: The baron's compelling King John to Sign Magna Charta |
Museum number: 1890,1008.29 |
Producer name: After:John StewartPrint made by:William Home Lizars |
Production date: 1837 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration; title-page

Museum number: 1900,1231.2851-2934 |
Producer name: Published by:Willoughby & CoPublished by:Routledge |
Production date: 1840-1860 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: The Hawthorn Tree |
Museum number: 1919,0203.15 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel AlkenAfter:Rev Robert Hasell Newell |
Production date: 1811 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration; title-page

Museum number: 1871,0114.139 |
Producer name: After:Samuel WalePrint made by:Charles Grignion |
Production date: 1774 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; frontispiece

Museum number: 1925,0305.12 |
Producer name: Print made by:John BewickPublished by:William Bulmer |
Production date: 1795 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; title-page

Title: The Vicar of Wakefield British Classics |
Museum number: 1867,0713.481 |
Producer name: Print made by:Edward FindenAfter:Richard Westall |
Production date: 1819 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; title-page

Museum number: 2006,U.844 |
Producer name: After:Thomas StothardPrint made by:Timothy Stansfield Engleheart |
Production date: 1826 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)