The embrace [graphic].

Published/Created:

[London]
Publish'd May 15th 1786 by E. Jackson No. 14, Mary-le-bone Street Golden Square
[15 May 1786]

Copyright Date:

[15 May 1786]

Physical Description:

1 print : etching on wove paper; sheet 24.8 x 27.5 cm

Related Links:

Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6, no. 7033
Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 1, pages 193-4

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]
Two lines of verse below title: "On Saturday the 14th of August 1773 late in the evening I received a note from him that he was arrived at Boyd's Inn at the head of the Cannongate ..." Vide Journal p. 12.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Temporary local subject terms: Post-boy.
Daniell ; Oct. 1962 ; Acquisitions no.: 962-10-1-23.
In mss. in lower left corner: E-144.

Abstract:

"Johnson (right) and Boswell (left) embrace; Boswell, his face hidden behind that of Johnson, holds up his hat as if in triumph. Johnson, wearing hat and boots, holds his oak stick; his eyes are closed; a large book protrudes from his coat-pocket. The post-boy (left) stands warming his back at the fire watching the embrace. A bare-legged man (right), scratching his tousled head, holds out a bowl to Boswell."--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
Harvey, Francis
Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784
Riviere & Son

Language:

English

Genre:

Annotations (Provenance) -- 18th century
Etchings -- England -- London -- 1786
Satires (Visual works) -- England -- 1786

Format:

Image

Content Type:

Prints & Photographs

Rights:

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Call Number:

786.05.15.05+

Orbis Record:

7734154

Yale Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Digital Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Local Record Number:

lwlpr05971

Volume/Enumeration:

Digital version

OID:

10728113

PID:

digcoll:553351