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Smith the Preacher
Holt, Edward P., 1871, Watercolour
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Title
Smith the Preacher
Description
The poet, Donald Campbell has written a poem inspired by this character by Holt:
As gentle and pure as any child
his faith was hard to knock.
Something in the way he smiled
endeared him to his flock.
The godless, when inclined to mock
would suffer something of a shock.
Although so mild, he showed, when riled
a temperament as hard as rock.
Artist / maker
Holt, Edward P.
Date
1871
Size
27.8 x 16.7 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.
(The identification of this character is based on available information but remains uncertain.)
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