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Description: | RU "D. Allan invt et Aq tint. fect" CRE ALLAN, David; (Scottish; 1744-1796) PUB Watt and Baillie, Leith When working on his illustrations for The Gentle Shepherd, Allan visited the house and village at the foot of the Pentland Hills to study the same scenery and characters that has inspired the poet Allan Ramsay some sixty years before. He also explained how although he was not proficient in the new art of aquatint, he felt that the resulting naïvety of his art would fit well the writing of Ramsay, a poet celebrated for being at one with nature and the natural way of life of unspoiled country people. This is the last plate. Robert Burns (1759-96) was very much impressed by Allan's illustrations, and described him as 'the only artist who had hit genuine pastoral costume'. | License: | http://www.hmag.gla.ac.uk/spirit/rights/ | Publisher: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Rights holder: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Subjects: | ILLUSTRATION : SCOTLAND : FIGURE : PASTORAL COMEDY : INTERIOR : POETRY : WEDDING : PICTURESQUE : HUNTERIAN ART GALLERY GOES INTO SCHOOLS : PRINT : LOVE : | Source: | Hunterian Museum | Creator: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Identifier: | http://www.huntsearch.gla.ac.uk/cgi-bin/... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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