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A properly preserved antique meme (i.imgur.com)

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[+] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

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[–] cybervseas 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It's there if you zoom in. It's both descriptive and a little funny.

[–] DharkStare 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'm surprised there was that much detail after zooming in that I was able to read it.

[–] cybervseas 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Did you make the same face as Samuel Johnson while reading?

[–] DharkStare 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Haha...yeah pretty much.

Note: when I first read your comment I saw Samuel Jackson and thought you were talking about the actor. I was confused for a little bit.

[–] cybervseas 4 points 2 years ago

Well he has an expressive face, too. I could see him reacting the same way as Samuel Johnson.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You trying to read the text panel.

[–] candyman337 2 points 2 years ago

Life imitates art

[–] candyman337 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Samuel Johnson c. 1775

Joshua Reynolds (British 1723 - 1792)

Oil on canvas

Gift of the honorable Frances Rothschild and Loren Rothschild

A poet, essayist, philosopher, lexicographer, Samuel Johnson(1709 - 1784) is perhaps best known for his monumental undertaking of The dictionary of the English Language published in 1775. This intimate portrayal has long been regarded as a personal tribute to the writer by his friend, the painter Joshua Reynolds. It captures Johnson in a private moment, reading a book, hands tightly grasping the pages, eyes squinting to see the text. The energy with which Reynolds depicts Johnson almost devouring the words on the page vividly conveys his friend's deep passion for knowledge.

Got some of the info via googling

[–] Creyapnilla 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Where's the other half of it?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I found it in a random pub in London where he apparently liked to hang out

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

Yeah, was it created for the meme? By whom?

[–] TwoGems 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

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