"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:
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., 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: Ink pot., and Title etched below image.
Publisher:
E. Jackson, No. 14 Mary-le-bone Street, Golden Square
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., and Jackson, Elizabeth, fl. 1785-1797, publisher.
Subject (Topic):
Costumes--Scottish., Dancing--Scottish., Inkstands. , Sailing ships--Scottish., and Sailors--Scottish.