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2.
- Published / Created:
- [19 April 1786]
- Call Number:
- 49 3069
- Collection Title:
- Page v. Journal of a tour to the Hebrides, with Samuel Johnson, LL.D.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A companion print to British Museum Satires No. 7029. Johnson (left) climbs up a mountain on hands and knees, his oak stick in his left hand. Boswell follows, also on hands and knees; he licks Johnson's posteriors, saying, "I shall record this". John...
- Alternative Title:
- Tomtit twittering on an eagle's back-side
- Description:
- Title etched below image.
- Publisher:
- Published 19th April 1786 by S.W. Fores, at the Caricature Warehouse, No. 3 Piccadilly
- Subject (Name):
- Boswell, James, 1740-1795., Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784, and Boswell, James, 1740-1795
- Subject (Topic):
- Mountains, Climbing, Staffs (Sticks), and Thistles
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A tom tit twittering on an eagle's back-side [graphic]
3.
- Creator:
- Chattock, Sarah
- Call Number:
- LWL Mss Vol. 45
- Image Count:
- 18
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript, in a single hand, of a copy by Mark Noble, with annotations, of his sister's diary of their tour through Derby and Stafford, recording their impressions of the counties' great houses and churches; and relating anecdotes and historical note...
- Description:
- Mrs. Sarah Chattock was the sister of the antiquarian Rev. Mark Noble (1754-1827).
- Subject (Geographic):
- England, Derbyshire., Staffordshire., England., Derbyshire (England), and Staffordshire (England)
- Subject (Name):
- Ashbourne Hall (Ashbourne, England), Boothby, Brooke, 1743-1824., Bertram, Saint., Camden, William, 1551-1623. Britannia., Cokayne family., Chattock, Sarah., Greene, Richard, 1716-1793., Gisborne family., Gisborne, J. 1770-1851 (John),, Gisborne, Thomas, 1758-1846., Gresley family., Mary, Queen of Scots, 1542-1587, Laporte family., Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784., Noble, Mark, 1754-1827., Taylor, John, 1711-1788., Ashbourne (England), Ilam Hall (Staffordshire, England), Lichfield Cathedral., and Sudbury Hall (England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Description and travel, Architecture, Domestic, Gentry, Conduct of life, Monuments, Sepulchral monuments, Travelers' writings, English, and Social life and customs
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A tour through a part of the counties of Derby and Stafford : with various observations interspersed throughout the work by her brother The Reverend Mark Noble, F.A.S.s of London and Edinburgh, Rector of Barming in Kent, and domestic chaplain to George, Earl Leicester, written for the amusement and gratification of the parties and their friends, 1797
4.
- Creator:
- Jephson, Robert, 1736-1803
- Call Number:
- LWL Mss Vol. 169
- Image Count:
- 16
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript, in Jephson's hand, of a parody of Johnson's A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland. Using florid language throughout, the author explains his satiety with Dublin and determines to explore the countryside. Traveling with Dean Marlay...
- Description:
- Robert Jephson (1736-1803), playwright and parodist, was born in Dublin. His first play, Braganza, was performed in 1775, with an epilogue by Horace Walpole. His most commercially successful play, performed 37 times between 1781 and 1798, was The Co...
- Subject (Geographic):
- Ireland., Celbridge (Ireland), and Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Gay, John, 1685-1732., Jephson, Robert, 1736-1803., Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784., Marlay, Richard, d. 1802., and Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797.
- Subject (Topic):
- English wit and humor, Parodies, English, Poverty, Travelers' writings, English, Description and travel, and Social life and customs
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A tour to Celbridge, by Dr. S. Johnson, [ca. 1776]
5.
- Published / Created:
- [19 April 1786]
- Call Number:
- 49 3069
- Collection Title:
- Opposite title page. Journal of a tour to the Hebrides, with Samuel Johnson, LL.D.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A companion print to British Museum Satires No. 7030. Johnson, as a bear with a human head (a profile portrait), walks (left to right) up a mountain. Boswell as an ape with a quasi-human head is seated on the bear's back facing the tail, which he hol...
- Description:
- Title etched below image.
- Publisher:
- Published 19th April 1786, by S.W. Fores at the Caricature Warehouse, No. 3 Piccadilly
- Subject (Geographic):
- Scotland.
- Subject (Name):
- Boswell, James, 1740-1795., Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784, and Boswell, James, 1740-1795
- Subject (Topic):
- Ethnic stereotypes, Clothing & dress, Bears, and Monkeys
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A tour to the Hebrides Bossy Bounce preparing for the Scotch professors to kiss / [graphic]
6.
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [29 July 1783]
- Call Number:
- 783.07.29.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A half-undressed Dr. Johnson in a dunce's cap and with a rope around his neck walks from left to right, driven by Apollo, who holds the other end of the rope, and the Muses with uplifted scourges and birch rods. On his cap are the names of the poets J...
- Description:
- Title etched below image.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. July 29th, 1783, by Holland, No. 66 Drury Lane
- Subject (Name):
- Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784 and Apollo (Deity)
- Subject (Topic):
- Muses (Greek deities), Poetry, History and criticism, and Whips
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Apollo and the Muses inflicting penance on Dr. Pomposo round Parnassus [graphic].
7.
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [29 July 1783]
- Call Number:
- Auchincloss Gillray v. 7
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A half-undressed Dr. Johnson in a dunce's cap and with a rope around his neck walks from left to right, driven by Apollo, who holds the other end of the rope, and the Muses with uplifted scourges and birch rods. On his cap are the names of the poets J...
- Description:
- Title etched below image.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. July 29th, 1783, by Holland, No. 66 Drury Lane
- Subject (Name):
- Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784 and Apollo (Deity)
- Subject (Topic):
- Muses (Greek deities), Poetry, History and criticism, and Whips
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Apollo and the Muses inflicting penance on Dr. Pomposo round Parnassus [graphic].
8.
- Creator:
- Pindar, Peter, 1738-1819
- Published / Created:
- MDCCLXXXVI [1786]
- Call Number:
- 1972 92 1
- Image Count:
- 3
- Resource Type:
- text
- Alternative Title:
- Bozzy and Piozzi, British biographers, a town eclogue, Pindar's works no. 10, and Pindar's works, no. 12 vol. 2
- Description:
- BEIN 1972 92 1: Imperfect: Trimmed at foot, with slight loss of text. Armorial bookplate: Edward Everett. No. 10 of 16 works bound together with binder's title: Pindar's works, v. 1.
- Publisher:
- Printed for G. Kearsley, at Johnson's Head, No. 46, Fleet Street; and W. Forster, Music-Seller, No. 348, near Exeter 'Change, in the Strand
- Subject (Name):
- Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784, Boswell, James, 1740-1795., Piozzi, Hester Lynch, 1741-1821., and Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784.
- Subject (Topic):
- In literature and Literature
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Bozzy and Piozzi: or, The British biographers, : a town eclogue
9.
- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [30 May 1786]
- Call Number:
- 786.05.30.02+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Boswell (left) and Johnson (right) talk across a small circular table on which is a candle. Boswell leans on the table, with raised fingers, talking vivaciously. Johnson leans back as if asleep, his stick between his outstretched legs. Through an ope...
- Description:
- Title etched below image.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. 30 May 1786, by E. Jackson No. 14, Mary-bone Street, Golden Square
- Subject (Name):
- Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784, Boswell, James, 1740-1795, Boswell, Margaret Montgomerie, d. 1789, and Boswell, James, 1740-1795.
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Chatting [graphic].
10.
- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [30 May 1786]
- Call Number:
- Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 2
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Boswell (left) and Johnson (right) talk across a small circular table on which is a candle. Boswell leans on the table, with raised fingers, talking vivaciously. Johnson leans back as if asleep, his stick between his outstretched legs. Through an ope...
- Description:
- Title etched below image.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. 30 May 1786, by E. Jackson No. 14, Mary-bone Street, Golden Square
- Subject (Name):
- Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784, Boswell, James, 1740-1795, Boswell, Margaret Montgomerie, d. 1789, and Boswell, James, 1740-1795.
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Chatting [graphic].