"Johnson and Boswell, attended by Ritter, depart from Boswell's house on foot; Mrs. Boswell stands in the doorway weeping and holding up a handkerchief. Johnson, his stick in his right hand, pulls Boswell by the right arm; Boswell, turning to look at his wife, weeps unrestrainedly. He holds his handkerchief to his eyes; 'Ogden' (see BMSat 7031) and the 'Journal' are under his right arm. He wears the feathered Scots cap, the pen, and barrister's wig as in BMSat 7031. His ink-bottle hangs from a buttonhole. Between Boswell and his wife stands the moustachioed Ritter wearing a wide cocked hat and holding a long stick in both hands; a large pack is on his back."--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: "Wednesday 18th August, on this day we set out from Edinburgh, attended by my man Joseph Ritter, a Bohemian, a fine stately fellow above 6 feet high ..." Vide Journal p. 47., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Ogden -- Joseph Ritter -- Man servant -- Bohemian., and In mss. in lower left corner: E-150.
Publisher:
Publish'd 30 May 1786, by E. Jackson Mary-le-bone Street Golden Square
Subject (Name):
Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784, Boswell, James, 1740-1795, Boswell, Margaret Montgomerie, d. 1789, and Boswell, James, 1740-1795.
"Mrs. Boswell (left) and Johnson (right) sit on opposite sides of a small square tea-table; Boswell sits between them on the farther side of the table, with a complacent expression, his right hand on his breast, his left held towards Johnson, as if displaying his friend. Johnson, with an expression of reflective melancholy, takes sugar with a pair of tongs, his tea-cup in his left hand. Mrs. Boswell clasps her hands ecstatically and smiles admiringly at Johnson. A foot-boy stands behind Johnson and Boswell holding a salver; he yawns violently, scratching his tousled head. A wall-clock shows that it is 12.10. A single candle in a sconce (left) lights the room."--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: "My wife had tea ready for him which it is well known he delighted to drink at all hours, particularly when sitting up late ..." Vide Journal p. 14., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and In mss. in lower left corner: E-146.
Publisher:
Publish'd May 15th 1786, by E. Jackson No. 14, Mary-le-bone Street Golden Square
Subject (Name):
Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784, Boswell, James, 1740-1795, Boswell, Margaret Montgomerie, -1789, and Boswell, James, 1740-1795.
