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Print made by David Allan, 1744–1796, British, born in Scotland, Alan Ramsay Scotus, 1808
- Title:
Alan Ramsay Scotus
- Additional Title(s):
Frontispiece to "The Gentle Shepherd"
- Part Of:
- Date:
- 1808
- Medium:
- Aquatint, stipple engraving, and etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 11 1/8 x 8 7/8 inches (28.3 x 22.5 cm), Plate: 10 1/16 x 7 13/16 inches (25.6 x 19.9 cm), Image: 9 1/8 x 6 15/16 inches (23.2 x 17.6 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered in black ink, lower center, within frame: "ALAN · RAMSAY SCOTUS"; lower left: "A. Ramsay. ad. viv. del."; lower center: "For Watt & Baillie Publishers & Stationers Leith 1. June 1808."; lower right: "D,, Allan Sc,, Edin."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Janet and James Sale, Yale BA 1960
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B2001.12.2
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- bust | collar | frame (furnishing) | frontispiece (illustration) | horns | illustration | man | mask | poem | portrait | profile | ribbons | scroll (motif) | self-portrait | sheet music | steeple
- Associated People:
- Ramsay, Allan (1684–1758), poet
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:50683
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