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Title: The Embrace (Picturesque Beauties of Boswell, Part the First)
Series/Portfolio: Picturesque Beauties of Boswell
Artist:
Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757–1827 London)
Artist:
After Samuel Collings (British, active 1784–95)
Publisher:
Elizabeth Jackson (British, active 1785–87)
Subject:
James Boswell (British, Edinburgh, Scotland 1740–1795 London)
Subject:
Samuel Johnson (British, Lichfield, Staffordshire 1709–1784 London)
Date: May 15, 1786
Medium: Etching
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 9/16 × 11 9/16 in. (26.8 × 29.3 cm)
Plate: 10 1/4 × 10 7/8 in. (26 × 27.7 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917
Accession Number: 17.3.888-347
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