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Adam Ritchie born 1683 died 1789 drawn from the life
Kay, John, 1786, Etching
Adam Ritchie born 1683 died 1789 drawn from the life
Adam Ritchie born 1683 died 1789 drawn from the life
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13474
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Adam Ritchie born 1683 died 1789 drawn from the life
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A portrait of an elderly Edinburgh man sat in an armchair. He rests his elbows on the arms of the chair and holds his hands together across his waist. He has white hair and wears a coat, waistcoat and shoes with buckles, and a patched white apron.
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Kay, John
Date
1786
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15 x 9.5 cm
Type
Etching
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Edinburgh and Scottish Collection
The accompanying text in the volume begins as follows:
"This old man was by occupation a cowfeeder; he resided at Fountainbridge near the West Port of Edinburgh. He was born in the year 1683 and died in 1789 at the age of 106 years and two months. He was in perfect good health in 1786, three years before his death, when he sat for this picture..."
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