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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2016.343
People
Thomas Rowlandson, British (London, England 1756 - 1827 London, England)
After Samuel Collings, British (active 1780-1789)
Published by Elizabeth Jackson, British (active 1785 - 1797)
Title
The Dance on Dun-Can
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Picturesque Beauties of Boswell, Part the Second
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
May 15, 1786
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/356969

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Etching
Dimensions
plate: 26.5 × 27.5 cm (10 7/16 × 10 13/16 in.)
sheet: 28.5 × 32 cm (11 1/4 × 12 5/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: in plate, lower center: THE DANCE ON THE DUN-CAN. / "Old Mr. Malcolm M. Cleod who had obligingly promised to accompany me was at my Bed-side between five & six, I sprang up immediately / and he & I allended by two other Gentlemen traversed the Country during the whole of this day. Though we had paƒsed over not leƒs than four & / twenty Miles of very rugged ground & had a Highland Dance on the top of DUN-CAN, the Hightest Mountain the Island. We returned in the / Evening not at all fatigued & piqued ourseves at not ebign outdone at the Nightly ball, by our leƒs active friends who ahd remained at home." / Nide Journal. p. 192. / Publiƒhed May 15th, 1786 by E. Jackson No. 14 Mary-le bone Street Golden Square.
  • inscription: lower left, graphite: I197 / Rowlandson.
  • inscription: verso, lower center: 35. [encircled
  • inscription: verso, lower right, graphite: 142
  • inscription: verso, lower right, graphite: [illegible text] 7046

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Jsrael Ber Neumann, Berlin, Munich, and New York, by descent; to Elsa Schmid Neumann, his wife, 1961, by descent; to Peter G. Neumann, their son, Palo Alto, gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2016

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
BM Satires 7046

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Peter G. Neumann
Accession Year
2016
Object Number
2016.343
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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