The Cotter's Saturday Night.

PrinterPrinted by D. W. Kellogg & Co. (American, 1830 - 1840)

PublisherPublished by D. W. Kellogg & Co. (American, 1830 - 1840)

Date1830-1840

MediumLithography; printer's ink and watercolor on wove paper

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 9 7/8 x 9 1/4in. (25.1 x 23.5cm) Sheet (height x width): 13 5/16 x 11 9/16in. (33.8 x 29.4cm)

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineGift of Samuel St. John Morgan

Object number1950.140.0

DescriptionThree people, an elderly man, an elderly woman, and a young woman, are seated in chairs at a table in an interior room, probably a kitchen. The man wears a coat, striped vest, and a shirt. His Scottish cap is on the table, and he reads from an open book, evidently a Bible. The old woman wears a cap and a shawl. The young woman wears a dress with an open bodice. A pitcher is on a table in the left background. A bottle and two jars are on a wooden fireplace mantle in the right background. A tin lantern hangs at the far right.

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Kellogg Brothers Lithographs

NotesSubject Note: The son of a farmer, Robert Burns was born in Alloway, Scotland on 25 January 1759. Although poor, he read widely, and by 1781, had begun to write poetry. His Poems, chiefly in the Scottish Dialect, were an immediate success when they were published in 1786. He died at Dumfries, Scotland on 21 July 1796 at the age of 37.

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