A collection of prints and one drawing (tentatively attributed to Samuel Collings), mostly portraits of Samuel Johnson and James Boswell, mounted in Walpole's copy of James Boswell's The journal of a tour to the Hebrides, with Samuel Johnson (London : Henry Baldwin, for Charles Dilly, 1785).
Description:
Title devised by cataloger. and Also bound in are three prints described in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum; these are cataloged separately.
Subject (Name):
Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784,, Boswell, James, 1740-1795,, Boufflers, Marie Charlotte Hippolyte, countess of, 1725-1800,, Macpherson, James, 1736-1796,, and Boswell, James, 1740-1795.
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". Johnson says, "Come Bossy". Behind and below them a loch and mountain (right) are indicated. In the foreground (left) is a huge thistle."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Tomtit twittering on an eagle's back-side
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides., A companion print to: A tour to the Hebrides., On paper with a watermark (trimmed)., and Tipped in at page v in Horace Walpole's copy of: Boswell, J. The journal of a tour to the Hebrides, with Samuel Johnson, LL.D. London : Printed by Henry Baldwin, for Charles Dilly, in the Poultry, 1785.
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
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 notes about the inhabitants, the churches and monuments, local legends and superstitions. She explores the town of Ashborne and Ashborne School, while a guest at Sandy Brook, the home of a Mrs. Gisborne; reminiscenses about Dr. Taylor and Dr. Johnson, and the students of Taylor's including the brother of the antiquarian Thomas Astle. In the chapel at Ashbourne Hall, she examines a monument Sir Brook Boothby had erected there in memory of his daughter Penelope and deplores his harsh treatment of his wife, said to have been a dwarf. In Derby, she passes by Sir Michael Gresley's seat, and relates details of their difficult relationship. She praises the furniture at Ilam Hall; visits John Gisborne's mansion at Sudbury; writes approvingly of his character; and concludes her narrative with a description of his wife and children. They visit Lichfield Cathedral and write about the monuments and renovations
Description:
Mrs. Sarah Chattock was the sister of the antiquarian Rev. Mark Noble (1754-1827)., In English., Binding: marbled paper. Written on front cover: Mrs. S. Chattock's Tour through Derby & Stafford Shires with note by her brother the Rev. Mark Noble., and For further infromation, consult library staff.
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
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, Mrs Greville and Mrs Jephson, he complains about the unsightly mendicants who mar the scenery; sings, along with his companions, the Beggar's Opera to pass the time; and runs over "pigs and children who were lying together in the middle of the highway." At Celbridge, he praises the landscape, estate, and the appearance of its owner, Colonel Marlay. The essay concludes with a description of the narrator's fall into the Liffey, and his rescue by catching hold of a passing cow and Horace Walpole has filled in Johnson's name and added "By Richard Jephson, Esqre" underneath the title
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 Count of Narbonne, based on Walpole's Castle of Otranto as well as Walpole's play, Mysterious Mother. In addition to other plays, Jephson also wrote numerous parodic pieces, including a series in the government newspaper The Mercury under the title "The Bachelor." He parodied the style of the printer George Faulkner and criticized Charles Townshend's enemies in An Epistle to Gorges Edmund Howard (1771); wrote Extempore Ludicrous Miltonic Verses(1788); and wrote a prose piece titled Confessions of James Baptiste Couteau (1794), a satirical parody of revolutionary politics., In English., Title from first page., and For further information, consult library staff.
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
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 holds up, beckoning with his right hand to two bare-legged men in Highland dress who are climbing up the mountain behind Johnson. In the foreground are thistles."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark leaving thread margins., A companion print to: A tom tit twittering on an eagle's back-side., On paper watermarked "W.J.", and Tipped in opposite title page in Horace Walpole's copy of: Boswell, J. The journal of a tour to the Hebrides, with Samuel Johnson, LL.D. London : Printed by Henry Baldwin, for Charles Dilly, in the Poultry, 1785.
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
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 Johnson criticized. He carries a placard describing his guilt as an unjust critic. In the background, on the summit of Parnassus, can be seen a temple highlighted by the sun behind it, with Pegasus flying nearby
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Text following title: * Vide, the last sermon at St. Dunstans., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
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
"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 open door (left) is seen the back of Mrs. Boswell hurrying from the room. A bracket-clock points to 1.55. A dog looks up at Boswell yawning. The floor is boarded."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
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], Four lines of verse below title: "We talked of murder -- and of the antient trial by duel -- We sat till near two in the morning having chatted a good while after my wife left us ..." Vide Journal p. 15., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Wall clock -- Dog., and In mss. in lower left corner: E-147.
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.
Title from item., Title etched below image., Publication date from that of the book in which this plate was published., Plate from: The Butiad, or, Political register. London : Printed for E. Sumpter, 1763., Reduced copy of No. 4030 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., Temporary local subject terms: Buildings: Wilkes's house -- Personifications: Fame -- Busts: bust of Lord Bute -- Reference to excise -- Reference to William Hogarth's The times, Plate I -- British Lion -- Newspapers: Auditor ; North Briton -- Reference to Magna Charta -- King's Messengers., and On page 296 in volume 3. Sheet trimmed to: 11.3 x 15.4 cm.
Publisher:
E. Sumpter
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Wilkes, John, 1725-1797, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Murphy, Arthur, 1727-1805, Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784, and Tower of London (London, England)
Title from item., Title etched below image., Publication date from that of the book in which this plate was published., Plate from: The Butiad, or, Political register. London : Printed for E. Sumpter, 1763., Reduced copy of No. 4030 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., Temporary local subject terms: Buildings: Wilkes's house -- Personifications: Fame -- Busts: bust of Lord Bute -- Reference to excise -- Reference to William Hogarth's The times, Plate I -- British Lion -- Newspapers: Auditor ; North Briton -- Reference to Magna Charta -- King's Messengers., and Mounted to 31 x 44 cm.
Publisher:
E. Sumpter
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Wilkes, John, 1725-1797, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Murphy, Arthur, 1727-1805, Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784, and Tower of London (London, England)
