Scotch Boys at Breakfast

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Artist/Maker	Wilkie, David RA (Sir) (artist)
Place of origin	Britain (made)

Etching on copper, printed on India paper, entitled 'Scotch Boys at Breakfast' or 'Interior with Three Boys and a Dog'. Second state with the trousers shaded in horizontal lines and the whole darkened.

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Categories	Prints Children & Childhood Portraits Scotland
Object type	Print
Titles	Scotch Boys at Breakfast Interior with Three Boys and a Dog (generic title)
Materials and techniques	Etching on copper, printed on India paper India Paper Ink Etching Printing
Brief description	Etching by David Wilkie entitled 'Scotch Boys at Breakfast' or 'Interior with Three Boys and a Dog'. Great Britain, ca. early 19th century.
Physical description	Etching on copper, printed on India paper, entitled 'Scotch Boys at Breakfast' or 'Interior with Three Boys and a Dog'. Second state with the trousers shaded in horizontal lines and the whole darkened.
Dimensions	Height: 3in Width: 1.75in Dimensions taken from departmental notes
Credit line	Given by John Sheepshanks
Subjects depicted	Scottish Boys Dogs Interiors Breakfast
Associated objects	E.454-1903 (Version) E.6216-1904 (Version)
Bibliographic reference	Scotch is an adjective meaning "of Scotland". The modern usage in Scotland is "Scottish" or "Scots", where the word "Scotch" is only applied to specific products, usually food or drink. To describe a person as "Scotch" has been widely considered pejorative since the early 19th century, as it reflects old Anglo-Scottish antagonisms. However, it is still in common use in North America, and is used here in its historical context.
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	FA.371

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Record created	January 9, 2013
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1259672/scotch-boys-at-breakfast-print-wilkie-david-ra/

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