Forgery of The Cotter's Saturday Night
Key details
- Archive number
- NTS/02/25/BRN/04/553
- Alt. number
- 3.t139
- Date
- 1890
- On display
- Yes
- Creator
- Smith, Alexander Howland "Antique"
- Archive number
- NTS/02/25/BRN/04/553
- Alt. number
- 3.t139
- Date
- 1890
- On display
- Yes
- Creator
- Smith, Alexander Howland "Antique"
Description
Forgery of The Cotter's Saturday Night, stamped with 'Spurious'.
The Cotter’s Saturday Night was so popular in the 19th century that faked copies of the poem began to surface. Forgeries by Alexander ‘Antique’ Smith became collectable in their own right after his high-profile court case.
Archive information
Themes
Hierarchy
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Correspondence and other documents relating to Robert Burns
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a sub-fonds is a subdivision in the archival material)
- Forgery of The Cotter's Saturday Night
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