Sour Milk Geordie

Category

Library Item

Item no

11335

Title

Sour Milk Geordie

Description

The poet, Donald Campbell has written a poem inspired by this character by Holt:

Sour Milk Geordie

At the head of Blackfriars Wynd
on each and every working day
Soor Milk Geordie, honest and kind
sets out his stall with curds and whey
and soordook - Oh, delicious treat!
As sweet a drink as any you'll find.

Artist / maker

Holt, Edward P.

Date

1871

Size

26.5 x 10 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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People > Adults > Men

Places > Scotland > Edinburgh

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