[Samuel Johnson & James Boswell.] Scottifying the Palate. ''I bought some Speldings fish salted and dried in a particular manner being dipped in the Sea & dried in the Sun and eaten by the Scots by way of relish - He had never seen them though they are Sold in London I insisted on Scottifying his palate but he was very reluctant - With difficulty I prevailed upon him - He did not like it. Vide Journal p. 50.

[Thomas Rowlandson.]
Pub.d 30 May 1786 by E. Jackson N° 14 Mary bone Street Golden Square.
Etching, watermark. 245 x 275mm (9¾ x 10¾"). Trimmed within plate. Very small repairs at top border.
James Boswell kneels on Samuel Johnson, holding him down as he playfully holds a fish to Johnson's open mouth, holding back the head of his unwilling friend. Three fishwives laugh and point.
BM Satires 7040.
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