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- Creator:
- Tomkins, Peltro William, 1759-1840, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [4 March 1782]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 B87 770 (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Page 33. Bunbury album.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A girl standing in the middle of a circle of spectators in a village, wearing a veil and with her arms outstretched as if partaking in a game, the group including a figure in kilt in the left foreground and a shepherd behind, a church(?) tower visible above trees behind and landscape beyond at right."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Kate of Aberdeen and Scene in the Scottish Highlands
- Description:
- Title from text below image., "It is assumed that the inscribed engraver's name is a mistake, and should read 'P.W. Tomkins'"--Curator's comments, British Museum online catalogue., Imperfect; sheet trimmed to a circular shape with loss of all text apart from the statements of responsibility. Missing text supplied from impression in the British Museum, registration no.: 1870,1008.36., Eight lines of verse below title, beginning: "Now Blithsom oer the dewy mead ...", and Mounted on page 33 of: Bunbury album.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd as the act directs March 4, 1782, by T. Macklin, No. 30 Fleet Street, London
- Subject (Geographic):
- Scotland
- Subject (Topic):
- Clothing & dress, Villages, Country life, Celebrations, and Shepherds
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > May Day, or, Kate of Aberdeen [graphic]