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Hallelujah Bessie
Holt, Edward P., 1871, Watercolour
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Hallelujah Bessie
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Title
Hallelujah Bessie
Description
A woman in a long blue skirt, white apron and yellow blouse raises her fist at an unseen provocation.
The poet, Donald Campbell has written a poem inspired by this character by Holt:
Hallelujah!
Up from the Abbey Strand
the parade will be progressing
with Bessie in command.
If you want her blessing
you need to mind your dressing
for there will be no messing -
Hallelujah!
while Bessie leads the band!
Artist / maker
Holt, Edward P.
Date
1871
Size
23.7 x 14.4 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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The colourful world of Ned Holt
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