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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"

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.

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Hierarchy

  1. Correspondence and other documents relating to Robert Burns ( )
  2. Forgery of The Cotter's Saturday Night
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