Sawney in the Bog-House
Maker
(artist)
1757-1815
(engraver)
1757-1815
Mrs. Holt (publisher)
1757-1815
(engraver)
1757-1815
Mrs. Holt (publisher)
Title
Sawney in the Bog-House
Date of Production
4.6.1779
Medium
Ink on paper
Dimensions
Height: 35.7 cm
Width: 25.3 cm
Width: 25.3 cm
Accession Number
G.1990.WL.4369
Mode of Acquisition
Witt Library, transfer, 1990
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Provenance
Information not yet known or updated
Inscriptions
Inscription: inscription : printed : upper left within image & recto : on wall : Nemo me impune lacefsit //
Inscription: inscription : printed : upper right & within image & recto : on wall : 'Tis a bra' bonny Seat, o'my Soul, SAWNEY cries, / I never behold sic before with my Eyes, / Such a place in aw'Scotland I never could meet, / For the High [ampersand] the Low ease themselves on the Street. //
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower centre margin & recto : : SAWNEY in the BOG-HOUSE. //
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower centre margin & recto : : Published 4th June 1779. by Mrs. Holt No. 111 Oxford Street London. //
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower right margin & recto : : 3 //
Inscription: inscription : stamped : upper right & verso : later Witt inscription : WITT / LIBRARY //
Inscription: inscription : typed : upper right & verso : later Witt inscription : J. GILLRAY / Sawney in the Bog-house //
Inscription: inscription : printed : upper right & within image & recto : on wall : 'Tis a bra' bonny Seat, o'my Soul, SAWNEY cries, / I never behold sic before with my Eyes, / Such a place in aw'Scotland I never could meet, / For the High [ampersand] the Low ease themselves on the Street. //
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower centre margin & recto : : SAWNEY in the BOG-HOUSE. //
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower centre margin & recto : : Published 4th June 1779. by Mrs. Holt No. 111 Oxford Street London. //
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower right margin & recto : : 3 //
Inscription: inscription : stamped : upper right & verso : later Witt inscription : WITT / LIBRARY //
Inscription: inscription : typed : upper right & verso : later Witt inscription : J. GILLRAY / Sawney in the Bog-house //
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