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Daddy Flockhart - street preacher
Holt, Edward P., 1871, Watercolour
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Title
Daddy Flockhart - Edinburgh street preacher
Description
A short man stands on a chair to make his speech. He is smartly dressed and has placed his top hat on the nearby railings.
The poet, Donald Campbell has written a poem inspired by this character by Holt:
Daddy Flockhart
"Burn the Bible!" they would jeer
as Daddy Flockhart preached the Word.
This little man displayed no fear
But punched his Bible good and hard.
Full of conviction as he prayed
He made the godless disappear.
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Holt, Edward P.
Date
1871
Size
22 x 15 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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