The cotter's Saturday night: 'But hark a tap comes gently to the door, Jenny who kens the meaning of the same....'

Details

John Raphael Smith (1752-1812)
The cotter's Saturday night: 'But hark a tap comes gently to the door, Jenny who kens the meaning of the same....'
pastel
24 x 29½ in. (61 x 74.9 cm.)

Provenance

Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 10 July 1990, lot 116.

Exhibited

London, Royal Academy, 1804, no. 442.

Special notice

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Lot Essay

The title of this pastel is an extract from Robert Burns' 'The Cotter's Saturday Night', 1785. The poem tells the story of a hard-working labourer and his family. This present drawing depicts the moment that the suitor of the labourer's eldest daughter arrives to court her for the first time.

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