Walking Dick

Category

Library Item

Item no

11343

Title

Walking Dick

Description

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

Walking Dick

From Bristo Square to Waterloo Place
Or any challenge you might pick,
He'll surprise you with his pace,
The way he covers ground so quick,
No matter how poor the odds you get
It's better to bet on Walking Dick.

Artist / maker

Holt, Edward P.

Date

1871

Size

25.9 x 16 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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