Veronica, a breakfast conversation [graphic].

Published/Created:

[London]
Pubd. May 30th 1786, by E Jackson, No. 14 Marylebone Street, Golden Square
[30 May 1786]

Copyright Date:

[30 May 1786]

Physical Description:

1 print : etching on wove paper ; sheet 25.8 x 27.8 cm

Related Links:

Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6, no. 7037
Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 1, page 194

Notes:

Title etched below image.
One in a series of twenty plates by Rowlandson after S. Collings. See British Museum catalogue v. 6, page 345.
Plate from: Picturesque beauties of Boswell, Part the First. [London] : [E. Jackson], [1786]
Three lines of verse below title: "Mr. Johnson was pleas'd with my daughter Veronica, then a child of about four-months old she had the appearance of listening to him ..." Vide Journal p. 17.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Temporary local subject terms: Ogden -- Nursemaid -- Tea tray -- Tea urn -- Mr. Scott -- Portrait on wall: Alexander of Kincardin -- Portrait on wall: Bruce.
Daniell ; October 1, 1962 ; Acquisitions no.: 962-10-1-27.
In mss in lower left corner: E-148.

Abstract:

"Johnson (left) sits at a small rectangular breakfast-table with his back to the door. A nursemaid behind him holds the infant Veronica, who leans forward, pushing Johnson's wig from his head; he holds up his finger admonishingly and does not appear pleased, though all the others smile admiringly. These are: Mrs. Boswell, seated (right) opposite Johnson; Boswell standing beside Johnson and clasping his hands over 'Ogden' (cf. BMSat 7031); the two visitors, Mr. Scott and Sir William Forbes; the tousled foot-boy, who carries in a tray of tea-things which he is about to place beside the urn on the otherwise bare table. Three pictures decorate the wall: 'Sancta Veronica', kneeling in prayer before a reading-desk; a medallion inscribed 'Bruce' and a half length portrait of 'Alexander of Kincardin' dressed as a courtier."--British Museum online catalogue.

Associated Names:

Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827 [Printmaker]
Collings, Samuel [Artist]
Jackson, Elizabeth, fl. 1785-1797 [Publisher]

Topics:

Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley
Boswell, James, 1740-1795
Boswell, Margaret Montgomerie, d. 1789
Forbes, William, Sir, 1739-1806
Harvey, Francis
Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784
Riviere & Son

Language:

English

Genre:

Etchings -- England -- London -- 1786
Satires (Visual works) -- England -- 1786

Format:

Image

Content Type:

Prints & Photographs

Rights:

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Call Number:

786.05.30.05+

Orbis Record:

7733297

Yale Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Digital Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Local Record Number:

lwlpr05999

Volume/Enumeration:

Digital version

OID:

10728138

PID:

digcoll:553281