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

drawing

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

drawing; print study

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

drawing; print study

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

drawing; print study

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

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1891,1117.359 |
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: 1946,0413.122 |
Producer name: BIOG47520 Drawn by:Thomas Stothard |
Production date: 1770-1793

drawing; print study

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

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: 1882,0311.429 |
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: 1891,1117.360 |
Producer name: BIOG63250 Drawn by:George Cruikshank |
Production date: 1832

drawing; print study

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

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

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1891,1117.365 |
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: 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

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

drawing; print study

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

drawing; print study

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

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1882,0311.310 |
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: 1882,0311.316 |
Producer name: BIOG23515 Drawn by:Richard Cook |
Production date: 1808

drawing; print study

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

drawing; print study

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

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1882,0311.317 |
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: 1902,1018.19 |
Producer name: BIOG46085 Drawn by:George Shepheard |
Production date: 1813

drawing; print study

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

drawing; print study

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

drawing; print study

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

drawing; print study

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

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

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

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

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

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

print; book-illustration

Title: Vicissit. temp. |
Museum number: S,6.33 |
Producer name: Print made by:Francesco BartolozziAfter:Edward Edwards |
Production date: 1787

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1882,0311.3834 |
Producer name: BIOG19532 Print made by:Thomas Bewick |
Production date: 1781

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1882,0311.3858 |
Producer name: BIOG19532 Print made by:Thomas Bewick |
Production date: 1781

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1900,1231.2673 |
Producer name: BIOG43599 After:Ludwig Richter |
Production date: 1841

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1882,0311.3822 |
Producer name: BIOG19532 Print made by:Thomas Bewick |
Production date: 1781

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: 1882,0311.3817 |
Producer name: BIOG19532 Print made by:Thomas Bewick |
Production date: 1781

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1882,0311.3849 |
Producer name: BIOG19532 Print made by:Thomas Bewick |
Production date: 1781

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1882,0311.3823 |
Producer name: BIOG19532 Print made by:Thomas Bewick |
Production date: 1781

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; title-page; frontispiece

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

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

Title: The Vicar of Wakefield |
Museum number: 1868,0808.3103 |
Producer name: Print made by:William WoollettPrint made by:William Ellis |
Production date: 1780

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: 1882,0311.3832 |
Producer name: BIOG19532 Print made by:Thomas Bewick |
Production date: 1781

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

Title: Too late for church |
Museum number: 1860,0414.288 |
Producer name: After:William MulreadyBlock cut by:John Thompson

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

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

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1882,0311.3830 |
Producer name: BIOG19532 Print made by:Thomas Bewick |
Production date: 1781

print; satirical print

Title: Vaux-Hall |
Museum number: 1880,1113.5484 |
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: 1900,1231.2702 |
Producer name: BIOG43599 After:Ludwig Richter |
Production date: 1841

print

Title: Choosing the Wedding Gown |
Museum number: 2010,7081.6768 |
Producer name: Print made by:George Sidwell SandersAfter:William Mulready |
Production date: 1872 |
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

Museum number: 1863,0214.410 |
Producer name: After:Richard CorbouldAfter:Robert William Satchwell |
Production date: 1799 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Lucilia |
Museum number: 1873,0809.491 |
Producer name: Print made by:Edward FisherPublished by:Robert Sayer |
Production date: 1776 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration; title-page

Museum number: 1896,1230.163 |
Producer name: After:Thomas CreswickPrint made by:Edward Finden |
Production date: 1837 |
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: 1848

print

Title: Lishoy Mill |
Museum number: 1919,0203.17 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel AlkenAfter:Rev Robert Hasell Newell |
Production date: 1811 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; title-page

Title: The Deserted Village British Classics |
Museum number: 1871,0812.2706 |
Producer name: After:Richard WestallPrint made by:James Mitan |
Production date: 1816 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; title-page

Title: The Traveller British Classics |
Museum number: 1871,0812.2704 |
Producer name: Print made by:John Pye, the youngerPublished by:John Sharpe |
Production date: 1816 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

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

Title: The Village Ale-House |
Museum number: 1873,0712.459 |
Producer name: After:Henry William BunburyPrint made by:Joseph Grozer |
Production date: 1787 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration; frontispiece

Museum number: 1875,1211.11 |
Producer name: After:Isaac CruikshankPrint made by:John Barlow |
Production date: 1793 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Choosing the Wedding Gown |
Museum number: 1856,0913.62 |
Producer name: After:William MulreadyIntermediary draughtsman:John Wykeham Archer |
Production date: 1846 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: His lovely daughter ... |
Museum number: 1871,0812.2716 |
Producer name: After:Francis WheatleyPrint made by:Anker Smith |
Production date: 1800 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; title-page

Title: The Vicar of Wakefield British Classics |
Museum number: 1900,1231.5650 |
Producer name: Print made by:William FindenAfter:Richard Westall |
Production date: 1829 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Arabella Wilmot |
Museum number: 1902,1011.2199 |
Producer name: Print made by:Edward FisherPublished by:Robert Sayer |
Production date: 1777 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book; book-illustration

Museum number: 1992,0406.117 |
Producer name: After:William MulreadyBlock cut by:John Thompson |
Production date: 1853 |
Production place: Printed in:London (England)Published in:London (England)

print; lottery ticket; advertisement

Museum number: 1862,1217.141 |
Producer name: Print made by:George CruikshankPublished by:Richardson Goodluck & Co |
Production date: 1816 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Oliver Goldsmith, M.B. |
Museum number: K,60.62 |
Producer name: Print made by:William RidleyPublished by:Cadell & Davies |
Production date: 1806 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration; title-page

Museum number: 1875,0710.3294 |
Producer name: After:Richard CorbouldPrint made by:W Hawkins |
Production date: 1799 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: The Traveller British Classics |
Museum number: 1867,0713.478 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles HeathAfter:Richard Westall |
Production date: 1816 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; title-page; frontispiece

Title: The return of Olivia to her parents The Vicar of Wakefield |
Museum number: 1867,0713.617-618 |
Producer name: After:Thomas UwinsPrint made by:Henry Richard Cook |
Production date: 1800-1830 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: The Happy Village |
Museum number: 2010,7081.1121 |
Producer name: BIOG26812 Published by:John Fairburn |
Production date: 1797 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1863,0214.366 |
Producer name: After:Richard CorbouldPrint made by:J Granger |
Production date: 1797 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)