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

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.

Object number1950.140.0

InscribedOn recto, lithographed title beneath image, "THE COTTER'S SATURDAY NIGHT. / The cheerfu' supper done wi' serious face, / They round the ingle form a circle wide / The sire turns o'er, wi' patriarchal grace, / The big ha-Bible ance his father's pride. / Burns' Poems."

On verso, inscribed in purple ink, upper left, "846". Inscribed in pencil: lower left, "Print / Box 7 / #49"; lower right, "Dwr 10" and accession number.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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