The dance on Dun-CanRowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker[15 May 1786]eng"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 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 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.