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Picturesque Beauties of Boswell

Print
05/1768 (published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

The Procession to St. Leonard's College, St. Andrews; After Henry William Bunbury; Part of 'Picturesque Beauties of Boswell'; Etching print on paper.
One of a series of caricatures, illustrative of James Boswell’s 'The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson, LL.D.' (first published in 1785), entitled 'Picturesque Beauties of Boswell'.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Titles
  • Picturesque Beauties of Boswell (series title)
  • The Procession to St. Leonard's College, St. Andrews
Materials and techniques
etching print on paper
Brief description
The Procession to St. Leonard's College, St. Andrews; After Henry William Bunbury; Etching print on paper; Part of the set 'Picturesque Beauties of Boswell'; By Thomas Rowlandson; English School; Published by E. Jackson and G. Kearsley, London, 1768.
Physical description
The Procession to St. Leonard's College, St. Andrews; After Henry William Bunbury; Part of 'Picturesque Beauties of Boswell'; Etching print on paper.
One of a series of caricatures, illustrative of James Boswell’s 'The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson, LL.D.' (first published in 1785), entitled 'Picturesque Beauties of Boswell'.
Dimensions
  • Page height: 26.5cm (approx)
  • Page width: 34.7cm (approx)
Style
Credit line
Bequeathed by Rev. Alexander Dyce
Object history
Part of a series of caricatures, illustrative of James Boswell’s 'The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson, LL.D.' (first published in 1785), entitled 'Picturesque Beauties of Boswell'.
This set is incomplete, wanting Plate II. of the first part, 'The Journalist with a view of Auchinleck, or Land of Stones', and Plate I. of the second part, 'Revising for the second edition, under the inspection of a learned friend', and also the list of plates for each part.
Subject depicted
Literary referenceBoswell, James. <u>The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson, LL.D.</u>. First published in 1785.
Associated objects
Bibliographic reference
DYCE COLLECTION. A Catalogue of the Paintings, Miniatures, Drawings, Engravings, Rings and Miscellaneous Objects Bequeathed by The Reverend Alexander Dyce. London : South Kensington Museum : Printed by G.E. Eyre and W. Spottiswoode for H.M.S.O., 1874.
Collection
Accession number
DYCE.3038

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Record createdApril 28, 2010
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