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Engraving 'The Cotter's Saturday Night' by J.Rodgers

Key details

Object number
3.8217
Date
1840 to 1860
On display
No
Maker
Wright, John Massey
Rogers, J.

Description

A tinted engraving inspired by Burns' poem 'The Cotter's Saturday Night' and depicting the cotter reading the Bible to his family at night, around the table. Accompanied underneath by some verses from the poem. In ebonised wooden framed enriched with gilt.


Object information

Material

Measurements

  • Depth: 1.2(cm)
  • Height: 20.5(cm)
  • Width: 29(cm)

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