Jock Laurie - Street Musician - Capital Collections

Category

Library Item

Item no

11316

Title

Jock Laurie - street musician

Description

A man kneels on an Edinburgh street whilst playing the accordion.

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

Jock Laurie

At the midnight bell
Jock Laurie starts to sing and play
At the midnight bell
his music casts a magic spell.
It's another happy Hogmanay
by the Tron on New Year's Day
at the midnight bell.

Artist / maker

Holt, Edward P.

Date

1871

Size

18.5 x 11.5 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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People > Adults > Men

People > Entertainment and sports > Musicians

People > Entertainment and sports > Street entertainers

Places > Scotland > Edinburgh

Sport and leisure > Culture > Musical instruments

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