The embrace
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11791477
Description
- Title
- The embrace
- 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
- Publish'd May 15th 1786 by E. Jackson No. 14, Mary-le-bone Street Golden Square
- Abstract
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"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
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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]
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.
1 print : etching on laid paper ; sheet 25.3 x 27.5 cm.
Sheet numbered "2" in ink in upper right corner.
Mounted on leaf 53 of volume 2 of 14 volumes. - Provenance
- From a collection in fourteen volumes compiled by Francis Harvey and dispersed at auction, Sotheby, London, June 1900. Sold at Sotheby, London, 12 March 1919. Bequest of Hugh Dudley Auchincloss to Yale University Library, 1981. Bound by Riviere & Son in three-quarters red morocco with gold tooling and gold lettering on spine.
- Extent
- 1 print : sheet 24.8 x 28 cm
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 2
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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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)
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Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784
Boswell, James, 1740-1795
Boswell, James, 1740-1795. - Subjects
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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
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
- 7734154
- Object ID (OID)
- 11791477
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