Veronica, a breakfast conversation
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Description
- Title
- Veronica, a breakfast conversation
- Creator
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Contributor
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Jackson, Elizabeth, active 1785-1788, publisher.
Collings, Samuel, artist. - Published / Created
- [30 May 1786]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Pubd. May 30th 1786, by E Jackson, No. 14 Marylebone Street, Golden Square
- Abstract
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"Johnson (left) sits at a small rectangular breakfast-table with his back to the door. A nursemaid behind him holds the infant Veronica, who leans forward, pushing Johnson's wig from his head; he holds up his finger admonishingly and does not appear pleased, though all the others smile admiringly. These are: Mrs. Boswell, seated (right) opposite Johnson; Boswell standing beside Johnson and clasping his hands over 'Ogden' (cf. BMSat 7031); the two visitors, Mr. Scott and Sir William Forbes; the tousled foot-boy, who carries in a tray of tea-things which he is about to place beside the urn on the otherwise bare table. Three pictures decorate the wall: 'Sancta Veronica', kneeling in prayer before a reading-desk; a medallion inscribed 'Bruce' and a half length portrait of 'Alexander of Kincardin' dressed as a courtier."--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: "Mr. Johnson was pleas'd with my daughter Veronica, then a child of about four-months old she had the appearance of listening to him ..." Vide Journal p. 17.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Temporary local subject terms: Ogden -- Nursemaid -- Tea tray -- Tea urn -- Mr. Scott -- Portrait on wall: Alexander of Kincardin -- Portrait on wall: Bruce.
1 print : etching on wove paper ; plate mark 25.5 x 27.6 cm, on sheet 27.5 x 31.3 cm.
Mounted on leaf 57 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 25.8 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
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.
Forbes, William, Sir, 1739-1806 - 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
Forbes, William, Sir, 1739-1806 > Caricatures and cartoons
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
- 7733297
- Object ID (OID)
- 11791485
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