The embrace

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Title: The embrace
Creator: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Contributor: Jackson, Elizabeth, active 1785-1788, publisher.
Collings, Samuel, artist.
Published / Created: [15 May 1786]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Publish'd May 15th 1786 by E. Jackson No. 14, Mary-le-bone Street Golden Square
Abstract: "Johnson (right) and Boswell (left) embrace; Boswell, his face hidden behind that of Johnson, holds up his hat as if in triumph. Johnson, wearing hat and boots, holds his oak stick; his eyes are closed; a large book protrudes from his coat-pocket. The post-boy (left) stands warming his back at the fire watching the embrace. A bare-legged man (right), scratching his tousled head, holds out a bowl to Boswell."--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 First. [London] : [E. Jackson], [1786]
Two lines of verse below title: "On Saturday the 14th of August 1773 late in the evening I received a note from him that he was arrived at Boyd's Inn at the head of the Cannongate ..." Vide Journal p. 12.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Temporary local subject terms: Post-boy.
In mss. in lower left corner: E-144.
Provenance: Daniell ; Oct. 1962 ;
Extent: 1 print : sheet 24.8 x 28 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Illustrations
Satires (Visual works) England 1786
Annotations (Provenance) 18th century
Etchings England London 1786
Material: etching ; and wove paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784
Boswell, James, 1740-1795
Boswell, James, 1740-1795.
Subjects: Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784 > Caricatures and cartoons
Boswell, James, 1740-1795 > Caricatures and cartoons
Boswell, James, 1740-1795 > Illustrations
England > 1786
18th century
England > London > 1786
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership

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