The Reconciliation (Picturesque Beauties of Boswell, Part the Second)
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 10 5/16 × 11 1/2 in. (26.2 × 29.2 cm) Plate: 10 1/4 × 10 7/8 in. (26 × 27.7 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917
Accession Number
17.3.888-354
Tags
Art Historical Context
**The Reconciliation (Picturesque Beauties of Bos, Part the Second)** an etching published on June 20, 1786, captures the satirical spirit of late 18th-century British culture. Attributed to literary giants Samuel Johnson and James Boswell alongside artists Samuel Collings and Rowlandson—with Elizabeth Jackson possibly involved in production—this print belongs to a series playfully titled *Picturesque Beauties of Boswell Measuring about 10 by 11 inches, it exemplifies the intimate scale of hand-pulled etchings, ideal for disseminating witty commentary among London's coffeehouse crowds. Etchin...