[Rarebooks] FS: Satirical Look at 1886 Edinburgh Art Exhibition

[Joslin Hall Rare Books, ABAA]

HOTCH POTCH IN BRAID SCOTCH;
OR, AN AULD WIFE'S CRACKS ABOUT THE EDINBURGH EXHIBITION.

Brechin; D.H. Edwards: 1886.

A comic journey to the 1886 Edinburgh art exhibition, accomplished in 
broad, at times nearly incomprehensible, psuedo-Scots dialect. An 
interesting example of 19th century mockery of art exhibitions and their 
visitors-

     "There are lots o' bonnie pieces o' sculpture distributed aboot
       the galleries. Some o' the women fouk representit -I canna gie
       ye their names- are gie brazen-faced like hizzies, an' no ower
       decent lookin'. I wad fain hae speared at Maister Marchbank
       gen he had ony objections to me sendin' hame for an auld short
       gown an' a wincey coat to cover their bare an' cauld-lookin'
       shuthers an' hurdies, but John said 'Dinna show yer ignoranc-
       it's the style o' the mason, an' the taste o' the time'".

No OCLC listings. Card covers. 4"x6.5", 78 pages, pictorial covers; spine 
paper split, covers somewhat soiled, some internal toning. [08140] $85.00

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