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Duncan Gray

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Object number
3.8096
Date
1822
On display
No
Maker
Galbraith, G. (Engraver)

Description

Black and white engraving inspired by Burns' song 'Duncan Gray'. Depicting a young woman sitting in a simple interior, her hands in her lap, in front of a trinket box, her mother sitting beside her to left, her father standing behind with one hand on her shoulder and another figure peeping around the door to left, all watching intently as she glances shyly to right at a young man, who sits leaning against the back of his chair. Accompanied udnerneath by title and some verses from the song. In giltwood frame.


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