Imitations at Drury-Lane TheatreRowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker[20 June 1786]eng"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 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]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.Sheet trimmed within plate mark.Temporary local subject terms: Post-boy.1 print : etching on wove paper ; plate mark 25.5 x 27.6 cm, on sheet 27.4 x 30.5 cm.Mounted on leaf 70 of volume 2 of 14 volumes.