Jock Drice the Leith carter

Category

Library Item

Item no

11314

Title

Jock Drice the Leith carter

Description

A man wearing an apron holds up a thin stick with a string attached to it.

The poet, Donald Campbell has written a poem inspired by this character by Holt:

Jack Drice

From Fisherrow to Fairmilehead
driving in his dray,
Jack Drice, Craigmillar born and bred
takes this road every day
All honest men who love their beer
will cheer him on his way.

Artist / maker

Holt, Edward P.

Date

1871

Size

24.6 x 12.5 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 bound volume 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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