Sailing Among the Hebrides (Picturesque Beauties of Boswell, Part the Second)
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 10 3/8 × 11 3/16 in. (26.3 × 28.4 cm) Plate: 9 15/16 × 10 3/4 in. (25.3 × 27.3 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917
Accession Number
17.3.888-343
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About this artwork
This Sailing Among the Hebrides (Picturesque Beauties of Boswell, Part the Second) by James Boswell|Samuel Johnson|Samuel Collings|Elizabeth Jackson|Thomas Rowlandson dating to June 10, 1786 exemplifies the period. Created in etching, the work demonstrates technical mastery of materials and processes characteristic of the era. As part of the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Drawings and Prints, this piece contributes to our understanding of historical artistic production. Prints from this period ser...
About the Artist
James Boswell|Samuel Johnson|Samuel Collings|Elizabeth Jackson|Thomas Rowlandson (British, Scottish|British|British|British) · 1740 |1785 |1784 |1757 –1795 |1787 |1795 |1827
British, Edinburgh, Scotland 1740–1795 London|British, active 1785–87|British, active 1784–95|British, London 1757–1827 London