Scottifying the Palate (Picturesque Beauties of Boswell, Part the First)

May 30, 1786
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Object Information
  • Title: Scottifying the Palate (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)
  • Date: May 30, 1786
  • Medium: Etching
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 10 9/16 × 11 7/16 in. (26.9 × 29.1 cm)
    Plate: 10 3/16 × 10 7/8 in. (25.8 × 27.7 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917
  • Object Number: 17.3.888-351
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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