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

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

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[–] cybervseas 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] DharkStare 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] cybervseas 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] DharkStare 5 points 1 year 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 1 year ago

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

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

You trying to read the text panel.

[–] candyman337 2 points 1 year ago

Life imitates art

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

Where's the other half of it?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

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

[–] TwoGems 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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