DISCOVERART

Elizabeth Jackson|General Pasqual de Paoli|Samuel Collings|Thomas Rowlandson|Samuel Johnson|James Boswell

Frontispiece (Picturesque Beauties of Boswell, Part the First)

May 15, 1786
Etching
27.7 × 38.1 cm (10.9 × 15 in)

SEE IT IN PERSON

Not currently on view

In the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York · as of July 2026

View at metmuseum.org ↗Plan a visit ↗

Discussion

Be the first to share your thoughts.

Sign in to join the discussion.

Community guidelines

More like this

Boswell's Tour of the Hebrides: FrontispieceThomas Rowlandson — Boswell's Tour of the Hebrides: FrontispForget & Forgive, or Honest Jack Shaking Hands with and Old AcquaintanceThomas Rowlandson|Rudolph Ackermann, London — Forget & ForgiThe French Admiral on Board the EuryalusRudolph Ackermann, London|Thomas Rowlandson — The French AdmThe Defeat of the High & Mighty Bailissimo Corbettino...Thomas Rowlandson|William Humphrey — The Defeat of the High A FreeholderGeorge Murgatroyd Woodward|Thomas Rowlandson|Thomas Tegg — AThe Journalist, With a View of Auckinleck–or the Land of Stones (Picturesque Beauties of Boswell, Part the First)Thomas Rowlandson|Elizabeth Jackson|Samuel Collings|James BoNap Buonaparte in a Fever on Receiving the Extraordinary Gazette of Nelson's Victory Over the Combined FleetsThomas Rowlandson|Rudolph Ackermann, London — Nap BuonaparteThe State Waggoner and John Bull.–or–the Waggon too Much for the Donkeys!James Gillray|Hannah Humphrey — The State Waggoner and John A Long Pull A Strong Pull and a Pull AltogetherThomas Rowlandson|Joseph Bonaparte|Thomas Tegg|Napoléon BonaA Long Pull A Strong Pull and a Pull AltogetherThomas Rowlandson|Napoléon Bonaparte|Thomas Tegg|Joseph BonaNeddy's Black BoxThomas Rowlandson — Neddy's Black BoxThe DepartureThomas Rowlandson|J. Hedges|Charles James Fox|Georgiana, Duc