Mrs Johnson: A Georgian businesswoman
Samuel Johnson’s mother, Sarah Ford, was born on 6 April 1669. In 1706 she married Michael Johnson, who ran his … Read More
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Digitally restoring a local Lichfieldian Treasure
This week Penny Taylor, our Museum Administration Assistant, describes the digital restoration of a little know painting from the Samuel Johnson Birthplace Museum’s Collection.
Featured Object: Elizabeth Hunter’s Portrait
This painting of Elizabeth Hunter, produced by Henry Pickering (around 1720 – 1770 or 1771), shows an elegant woman sitting … Read More
Behind the Scenes: Samuel Johnson at the Lichfield Literature Festival
The weekend of 09 and 10 March 2019 saw a flurry of activity in Lichfield as the Samuel Johnson Birthplace … Read More
Anna Seward: The Swan of Lichfield
Visitors to Lichfield’s Market Square may have noticed some additions to the postbox on Conduit Street during February. Featuring lines … Read More
Robert James: An Eighteenth-Century Physician
Author of A Medicinal Dictionary and Inventor of a Fever Powder Born 15 August 1703, Shenstone, Staffordshire Died 23 March … Read More
Behind The Scenes: How Research at the Samuel Johnson Helped Launch the First Book on Reverend Petit
The story of an important and overlooked Lichfield Victorian, the Reverend John Louis Petit, is to be told in a … Read More