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"Gaberlunzie Man"

David Allan produced a set of drawings for an unrealised Collection of Scottish Songs for the entrepreneur George Thomson (see drawing on page 50 of…

"Fee Him, Father, Fee Him"

David Allan produced a set of drawings for Scottish Songs for the entrepreneur publisher George Thomson the "friend of Burns" (see drawing on page 13…

The Children of David Allan

View near Duddingston Loch

Thomson was responsible for painting the landscape

David Allan Self Portrait

Painted by Allan during his stay in Rome. Ref Miles Chappell, “Further Observations on Agostino Carracci’s “Venus” in the Farnese Gallery”…

The Horse Race at Rome during the Carnival. Piazza del Popolo

One of four prints after Allan's Rome sketches published by Sandby with extensive letterpress notes in 1780

The Victor Conducted in Triumph. Piazza St.Marco

One of four prints after Allan's Rome sketches published by Sandby with extensive letterpress notes in 1780

The opening of the Carnival at Rome, the obelisk near the Porta del Popolo

One of four prints after Allan's Rome sketches published by Sandby with extensive letterpress notes in 1780

The Romans Polite to Strangers, Palzzo Ruspoli al Corso Rome

One of four prints after Allan's Rome sketches published by Sandby with extensive letterpress notes in 1780

Select Scotish Songs [sic]

The book is printed on a mixture of watermarked Van Gelder and Whatman 1794 laid papers, though not for any of the plates which are on plain…