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| Keywords: Sir Brooke Boothby 6th Bt mw19919.jpg Artwork Creator John Raphael Smith Sir Brooke Boothby 6th Baronet 1744-1824 Sir Brooke Boothby was a minor poet and landowner in Derbyshire He was part of the many people in the intellectual circles of Lichfield who welcomed Jean-Jaques Rousseau to England in 1766-7 After his return from exile Boothby visited Rousseau in Paris where he obtained a copy of his autobiography Boothby was instrumental in the book being published in Lichfield in 1780 after the authors death Many well-off people had their portraits rendered by Joseph Wright of Derby and Boothby's unusual portrait shows a copy of that book 1797-03-23 published 1784 mezzotint D10962 other versions PD-old-100 DEFAULTSORT 1784 after; Brooke Boothby John Raphael Smith Male portraits by Joshua Reynolds Works after Joshua Reynolds Sir Brooke Boothby 18th-century engraved portraits of men 18th-century engraved portraits of men at bust length 18th-century engraved portraits of men at half length | ||||
