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Cock of the Green (Alexander McKellar)
Kay, John, 1803, Etching
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Cock of the Green (Alexander McKellar)
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Title
Cock of the green (Alexander McKellar; or 'the Cock of the Green')
Description
A man holding a club prepares to hit a golf ball. A number of alternative clubs are piled up beside him. Other golfers can be seen in the distance.
Artist / maker
Kay, John
Date
1803
Size
11 x 7.9 cm
Type
Etching
Location
Edinburgh and Scottish Collection
The accompanying text in the volume begins as follows:
"The game of GOLF (or Scottice [sic] Goff) - of which the scene represented in the Print affords some idea - , is a pastime, although not entirely unknown in England, more peculiar to Scotland, and has long been a favourite with the citizens of Edinburgh."
Alexander McKellar, the "Cock o' the Green" was obessed by golf spending most of his time on Bruntsfield Links. When not playing golf McKellar served as a doorkeeper at an epsicopalian chapel in Edinburgh on Sundays.
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