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Quarrel in a Library at Auchinleck
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Quarrel in a Library at Auchinleck

Thomas Rowlandson · 1786 · etching; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Interior of a library. Samuel Johnson attacks Alexander Boswell, Lord Auchinleck, with a book. His son, James Boswell, watches the quarrel from the doorway, biting his thumb.

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printJames BoswellAlexander BoswellSamuel Johnsonstudy'studiolo'librarybookfighting
Credit lineRuzie in een bibliotheek te Auchinleck. 1786. Thomas Rowlandson. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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