Imitations at Drury-Lane Theatre [graphic].

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Title
Imitations at Drury-Lane Theatre [graphic].
Creator
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50022330
Contributor
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Boswell, James,--1740-1795.--Journal of a tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson, LL.D.--Illustrations.
Boswell, James,--1740-1795--Caricatures and cartoons.
Collings, Samuel, artist. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n77006064
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Jackson, Elizabeth, fl. 1785-1797, publisher.
Published / Created
1786 June 20
Copyright Date
[20 June 1786]
Publication Place
[London]
Publisher
E. Jackson, No. 14 Marylebone Street, Golden Square
Abstract

"The pit of a theatre: Boswell stands in the centre of the front row behind a row of spikes, emitting a blast from his mouth, putting his hands on his cheeks. The man next him (right) protects his face with his hat; two men on the left are amused, one claps. Behind him are several rows of laughing heads. Two musicians in the foreground turn their heads."--British Museum online catalogue.

Description
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]
Temporary local subject terms: Post-boy.
Title etched below image.
Two lines of verse below title: "A great many years ago, when Dr. Hugh Blair & I were sitting together in the pit of Drury-Lane Play-house, in a wild freak of youthful extravagance, I entertained the audience prodigiously, by imitating the lowing of a cow ..." Vide Journal p. 499.
Extent
1 print : etching on laid paper ; sheet 249 x 277 mm
Extent of Digitization
This object has been completely digitized.
Language
English

Collection Information

Repository
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Call Number
Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 2

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Format
still image
Genre
Etchings--England--London--1786.
Satires (Visual works)--England--1786.
Subject (Name)
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Boswell, James,--1740-1795.--Journal of a tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson, LL.D.--Illustrations.
Boswell, James,--1740-1795--Caricatures and cartoons.
Collings, Samuel, artist. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n77006064
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Jackson, Elizabeth, fl. 1785-1797, publisher.

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Citation
Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6, no. 7050
Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 1, page 198

Identifiers

Orbis Record
7731637
Object ID (OID)
11791505

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