Setting out from Edinburgh [graphic].Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker[30 May 1786]eng"Johnson and Boswell, attended by Ritter, depart from Boswell's house on foot; Mrs. Boswell stands in the doorway weeping and holding up a handkerchief. Johnson, his stick in his right hand, pulls Boswell by the right arm; Boswell, turning to look at his wife, weeps unrestrainedly. He holds his handkerchief to his eyes; 'Ogden' (see BMSat 7031) and the 'Journal' are under his right arm. He wears the feathered Scots cap, the pen, and barrister's wig as in BMSat 7031. His ink-bottle hangs from a buttonhole. Between Boswell and his wife stands the moustachioed Ritter wearing a wide cocked hat and holding a long stick in both hands; a large pack is on his back."--British Museum online catalogueTitle 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]Four lines of verse below title: "Wednesday 18th August, on this day we set out from Edinburgh, attended by my man Joseph Ritter, a Bohemian, a fine stately fellow above 6 feet high ..." Vide Journal p. 47.Sheet trimmed within plate mark.Temporary local subject terms: Ogden -- Joseph Ritter -- Man servant -- Bohemian.In mss. in lower left corner: E-150.