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Wooden framed engraving of Captain Francis Grose wearing a frock coat

Key details

Object number
3.8332
Date
1800 to 1829
On display
Yes

Description

Engraving of Captain Francis Grose wearing a frock coat, breeches, coat, tricorn hat and a sword. On a giltpaper background. In a wood and giltwood frame.

Francis Grose (1731–91) was a retired army captain who became friends with Robert during his tour of Galloway. Grose agreed to include Alloway in his next book of antiquities, on the condition that Robert wrote a poem about its ruined kirk. Tam o’ Shanter was the result.


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Measurements

  • Depth: 3(cm)
  • Height: 19.5(cm)
  • Width: 14.5(cm)