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Canty Muckle
Holt, Edward P., 1871, Watercolour
Canty Muckle
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11298
Title
Canty Muckle
Description
The poet, Donald Campbell has written a poem inspired by this character by Holt:
Canty Muckle
From Soho to the White Hart Inn
Canty Muckle knows the way.
Whatever difficulty he's in
He'll win through, come what may;
With reins in hand, he understands
There must be no delay
and, without fail, the Royal Mail
will arrive this Saturday.
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Holt, Edward P.
Date
1871
Size
22.5 x 15.5 cm
Type
Watercolour
Location
Edinburgh and Scottish Collection
Edward Holt was an Edinburgh caricaturist and figure painter working in the second half of the nineteenth century. This image is taken from a bound volume which contains a large proportion of his surviving work.
There is a little uncertainty over Edward Holt's name. He is sometimes referred to as Edmund and was more commonly known as Ned.
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The colourful world of Ned Holt
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