The jolly beggars : a cantata /
Burns, Robert,1759-1796.
[London? : s.n.,
1831?]
Pamphlet published as a guide to an exhibition of eight figures by the Scottish sculptor John Greenshields (1792-1835) illustrating Burns's poem 'The Jolly beggars'. After exhibition in Edinburgh, the statues were transported to London for public viewing and later purchased by Baron Rothschild for the gardens of his property at Gunnersbury Park.
In three parts: the first part consists of the text of the poem; the second part reveals that the statues have been visited by nearly 20,000 people in Edinburgh, quotes reviews of the statues in the Edinburgh newspapers and reprints Walter Scott's article on the poem for the Quarterly Review. Also included is a folded broadside titled: 'Jolly beggars, with the description in Burns' words', consisting of four passages from the poem which presumably relate to the sculptures. It is probable that broadside was also available separately.
Greenshields, John, 1792-1835.
England London.