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1.
... [in]finitely more (tho perhaps it might be secured with less) and yet this is the thing which ...

Call Number:
Im J637 Zz699
Collection Title:
A collection of miscellanies : consisting of poems, essays, discourses & letters, occasionally
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Books, Journals & Pamphlets
Subject (Name):
Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784
Collection Created:
London : S. Manship, 1699
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > ... [in]finitely more (tho perhaps it might be secured with less) and yet this is the thing which ...

3.
A tom tit twittering on an eagle's back-side [graphic]

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". 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
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A tom tit twittering on an eagle's back-side [graphic]

4.
A tour to the Hebrides Bossy Bounce preparing for the Scotch professors to kiss / [graphic]

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 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
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A tour to the Hebrides Bossy Bounce preparing for the Scotch professors to kiss / [graphic]

7.
Anecdotes of the late Samuel Johnson, LL. D. during the last twenty years of his life / by Hesther

Creator:
Piozzi, Hester Lynch, 1741-1821
Published / Created:
1786
Call Number:
Im J637 W786d
Image Count:
17
Description:
Im J637 W786d Copy 1: Contains additions, corrections, and notes in the autograph of Mrs. Piozzi. and Im J637 W786d Copy 2: James Boswell’s copy with his autograph and that of his daughter Euphemia.
Publisher:
Printed for T. Cadell in the Strand
Subject (Name):
Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Anecdotes of the late Samuel Johnson, LL. D. during the last twenty years of his life / by Hesther [sic] Lynch Piozzi

8.
Apollo and the Muses inflicting penance on Dr. Pomposo round Parnassus [graphic].

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 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., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., 1 print : etching on laid paper ; plate mark 26.8 x 33.2 cm, on sheet 27.7 x 34.3 cm., and Mounted on leaf 24 of volume 7 of 12.
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].

9.
Apollo and the Muses inflicting penance on Dr. Pomposo round Parnassus [graphic].

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 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
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Apollo and the Muses inflicting penance on Dr. Pomposo round Parnassus [graphic].

10.
Chatting [graphic].

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 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., 1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; sheet 23.9 x 25.7 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark resulting in loss of imprint statement., and Mounted on leaf 56 of volume 2 of 14 volumes.
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].

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