A girl sits by the dying embers of a fire on the floor in a Highland hut; a baby is asleep in the crib behind her. Mezzotint by Edward Burton after William Simson.

  • Simson, William, 1800-1847.
Date:
[1849]
Reference:
36008i
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Description

A comparative view of the same subject in Kintyre appears in the later book, Glencreggan: or a Highland home in Cantire, London: Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1861, by by Cuthbert Bede (1827-1889), chapter 24

Publication/Creation

[Scotland] : [Royal Association, Fine Arts, Scotland], [1849] (Printed by McGlashon)

Physical description

1 print : mezzotint ; image 25.5 x 17.8 cm

Contributors

Lettering

Interior of a highland hut. Royal Association, Fine Arts, Scotland. 1849. William Simson R.S.A. Edward Burton.

Reference

Wellcome Collection 36008i

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