- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [15 May 1786]
- Call Number:
- 786.05.15.11+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "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 catalogue
- Description:
- 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: "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., and In mss. in lower left corner: E-159.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd May 15th, 1786, by E Jackson, No. 14 Mary-le-bone Street, Golden Square
- Subject (Name):
- Boswell, James, 1740-1795 and Boswell, James, 1740-1795.
- Subject (Topic):
- Inkstands, Dancing, Scottish, Costumes, Sailing ships, and Sailors
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Sailing among the Hebrides [graphic].
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- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [15 May 1786]
- Call Number:
- 786.05.15.10+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "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
- Alternative Title:
- Dance on Duncan
- Description:
- 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., and In mss. lower left corner: E-157.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd May 15th, 1786, by E. Jackson, No. 14 Mary-le-bone Street, Golden Square
- Subject (Geographic):
- Scotland. and Scottish.
- Subject (Name):
- Boswell, James, 1740-1795 and Boswell, James, 1740-1795.
- Subject (Topic):
- Bagpipes, Musicians, Costumes, and Folk dancing
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The dance on Dun-Can [graphic].