The vision [graphic].

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Description

Title
The vision [graphic].
Creator
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Contributor
Collings, Samuel, artist.
Jackson, Elizabeth, active 1785-1788, publisher.
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

"Boswell (left) rises in terror from his bed, at the sight of a headless man in Highland dress, the head replaced by a headsman's axe surmounted by a Scots cap. This spectre, irradiated, advances from the right and draws aside the curtain of the bed. Boswell's nightcap flies upwards from his head ..."--British Museum online catalogue

Description
Title etched below image.
One in a series of twenty plates by Rowlandson after S. Collings. See: Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 6, page 345.
Plate from: Picturesque beauties of Boswell, Part the Second. [London] : [E. Jackson], [1786]
Sheet trimmed within plate mark
Three lines of verse below title: "I had the most elegant room, by there was a fire in it that blazed, And the sea to which my windows looked roared, & the pillows were made of sea fowls feathers ..." Vide Journal p. 110.
Temporary local subject terms: Highland dress -- Scots cap -- Bed curtains -- Headless spectre.
1 print : etching with stipple on wove paper ; sheet 23.2 x 25.7 cm.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark resulting in loss of imprint statement.
Mounted on leaf 63 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 x 27 cm
Extent of Digitization
This object has been completely digitized.
Language
English

Collection Information

Repository
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Call Number
Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 2

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre
Caricatures and cartoons
Illustrations
Book illustrations
Satires (Visual works) England 1786
Etchings England London 1786
Watermarks (Paper) G R.
Material
etching with stipple ; and laid paper sepia ink.
Resource Type
still image
Subject (Name)
Boswell, James, 1740-1795
Boswell, James, 1740-1795.
Subject (Topic)
Beds
Sleepwear
Axes
Fear
Nightmares
Subjects
Boswell, James, 1740-1795 > Caricatures and cartoons
Boswell, James, 1740-1795 > Illustrations
Beds
Sleepwear
Axes
Fear
Nightmares
England > 1786
England > London > 1786
G R.
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership
Maidment, Brian > Donor

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Identifiers

Orbis Record
7732610
Object ID (OID)
11791494

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