Sailing among the Hebrides [graphic].Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker[15 May 1786]eng"Three men on the deck of a small sailing-vessel. Boswell, his knees flexed, stands in profile to the left holding the end of a rope and looking at Col, in Highland dress, who holds up his finger admonishingly. His Scots cap flies from his head, his coat-tails blow in the wind, his ink-pot dangles from his neck, his 'Journal' is under his left arm. A sailor (right) stands in back view leaning against the side of the vessel."--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: "As I saw them all busy doing something, I asked Col. with much earnestness what I could do. He with a happy readiness put into my hand a rope which was fixed to the top of one of the masts ..." Vide Journal p. 349.Sheet trimmed within plate mark.Temporary local subject terms: Ink pot.1 print : etching on wove paper ; plate mark 24.9 x 27.2 cm, on sheet 27.4 x 30.8 cm.Mounted on leaf 68 of volume 2 of 14 volumes.