The Rev.d Jonas Beily - West Port Celebrity

Category

Library Item

Item no

11330

Title

The Rev.d Jonas Beily - West Port celeberity [celebrity]

Description

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

Reverend Beily

He needs a mask to hide the grin
that hovers just above his chin,
His congregation must not see
the least degree of levity,
the humour shining deep within.

His firm belief in discipline
Must always seek to underpin
the preaching of his ministry.
His people, in extremity,
All know quite well his suit of black
signifies that true divinity
of which he has no lack.
Yet, to be equal to his task
he needs a mask.

Artist / maker

Holt, Edward P.

Date

1871

Size

25.5 x 14.5 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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The Rev.d Jonas Beily - West Port celebrity