The dance on Dun-Can
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Description
- Title
- The dance on Dun-Can
- Alternative Title
- Dance on Duncan
- Creator
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Contributor
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Jackson, Elizabeth, active 1785-1788, publisher.
Collings, Samuel, artist. - Published / Created
- [15 May 1786]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Publish'd May 15th, 1786, by E. Jackson, No. 14 Mary-le-bone Street, Golden Square
- Abstract
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"Boswell and two men in Highland dress dance a Highland fling on the summit of a low mountain, with the sea and a low spur of land on the horizon. Boswell, full-face, capers; his wig and pendant ink-pot with the pen in it, stream in the wind. He flourishes his 'Journal'; his left hand is in that of one of his companions (right); the other (left) dances a 'pas seul' looking at Boswell; both hold long sticks. A piper on the extreme left, standing just below the summit of the hill, plays the pipes."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
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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 Second. [London] : [E. Jackson], [1786]
Four lines of verse below title: "Old Mr. Malcolm McCleod who had obligingly promised to accompany me was at my bed-side between five & six, I sprang up immediately ..." Vide Journal p. 192.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
1 print : etching on laid paper ; sheet 23.3 x 25.4 cm.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark resulting in loss of imprint statement.
Mounted on leaf 66 of volume 2 of 14 volumes. - Provenance
- From a collection in fourteen volumes compiled by Francis Harvey and dispersed at auction, Sotheby, London, June 1900. Sold at Sotheby, London, 12 March 1919. Bequest of Hugh Dudley Auchincloss to Yale University Library, 1981. Bound by Riviere & Son in three-quarters red morocco with gold tooling and gold lettering on spine.
- Extent
- 1 print : sheet 25.6 x 27.4 cm
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 2
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Caricatures and cartoons
Illustrations
Satires (Visual works) England 1786
Etchings England London 1786
Watermarks (Paper) - Material
- etching ; and laid paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Geographic)
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Scotland.
Scottish. - Subject (Name)
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Boswell, James, 1740-1795
Boswell, James, 1740-1795. - Subject (Topic)
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Bagpipes
Musicians
Costumes
Folk dancing - Subjects
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Boswell, James, 1740-1795 > Caricatures and cartoons
Boswell, James, 1740-1795 > Illustrations
Bagpipes
Musicians > Scotland
Costumes > Scottish
Folk dancing > Scotland
England > 1786
England > London > 1786
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Identifiers
- Catalog Record
- 7732639
- Object ID (OID)
- 11791499
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