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Sawney in the Bog-House

Maker

(artist)
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

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 //

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