Wit and wisdom
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Description
- Title
- Wit and wisdom
- Creator
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Contributor
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Jackson, Elizabeth, active 1785-1788, publisher.
Collings, Samuel, artist. - Published / Created
- [15 May 1786]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Pubd. 15 May 1786, by E. Jackson, No. 14, Mary-bone Street. Golden Square
- Abstract
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"Boswell and his wife in the kitchen prepare a dinner for Johnson, who is seen in back view through an open street-door on the extreme left. They face each other smiling across a small, ramshackle table; Boswell is cutting off the neck of a grouse (which resembles a duck or goose). He wears the Scots cap and the pen behind the ear of BMSat 7031, &c., with an apron. From his pocket project 'Ogden' (see BMSat 7031) and the 'Journal'. Mrs. Boswell holds a rolling-pin. Behind (right) is a slatternly maidservant in back view looking to the left with a smile. On the ground are two piles of large birds intended for grouse, and an enormous lobster. Behind is a primitive kitchen fireplace; two large pots are suspended over the fire. The spit rests horizontally above the fireplace."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
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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]
Three lines of verse below title: "We gave him as good a dinner as we could. Our Scotch muir-fowl, or growse, were then abundant ..." Vide Journal p. 123.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Temporary local subject terms: Scots cap -- Grouse -- Ogden -- Lobster -- Fireplace with hanging pots -- Servants.
In mss. in lower left corner: E -149. - Provenance
- Daniell ; October 1, 1962 ;
- Extent
- 1 print : sheet 25.7 x 28 cm
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- 786.05.15.08+ Impression 1
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Caricatures and cartoons
Illustrations
Satires (Visual works) England 1786
Etchings England London 1786 - Material
- etching ; and wove paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
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Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784
Boswell, James, 1740-1795
Boswell, Margaret Montgomerie, -1789
Boswell, James, 1740-1795. - Subjects
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Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784 > Caricatures and cartoons
Boswell, James, 1740-1795 > Caricatures and cartoons
Boswell, Margaret Montgomerie, -1789 > Caricatures and cartoons
Boswell, James, 1740-1795 > Illustrations
England > 1786
England > London > 1786
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 7731917
- Object ID (OID)
- 10728116