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- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [15 May 1786]
- Call Number:
- Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 2
- 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., 1 print : etching on laid paper ; sheet 23.3 x 25.4 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark resulting in loss of imprint statement., and Mounted on leaf 66 of volume 2 of 14 volumes.
- 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:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The dance on Dun-Can [graphic].