Allan Ramsay (poet)

Allan Ramsay
Allan Ramsay
	Portrait pentit in 1722; by William Aikman (1682–1731)
Born	15 October 1686; Leidhills, Lanrikshire, Scotland
Dee'd	7 Januar 1758 (aged 71)
Thrift	poet
Naitionality	Scots

Allan Ramsay (15 October 1686 – 7 Januar 1758) wis a Scots poet (or makar), playwricht, publisher, leebrarian, an impresario o early Enlichtenment Edinburgh.

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↑ Ramsay's friend, Sir John Clerk of Penicuik, owned Aikman's portrait of Ramsay, in imitation of whose verse he had written on the back of the canvas:
Here painted on this canvas clout
by Aikman's hand is Ramsay's snout[1]

[1] Ramsay's friend, Sir John Clerk of Penicuik, owned Aikman's portrait of Ramsay, in imitation of whose verse he had written on the back of the canvas:
Here painted on this canvas clout
by Aikman's hand is Ramsay's snout[1]

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Allan Ramsay (poet)

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Allan Ramsay
Portrait pentit in 1722 by William Aikman (1682–1731)^[1]
Born	15 October 1686(1686-10-15) Leidhills, Lanrikshire, Scotland
Dee'd	7 Januar 1758(1758-01-07) (aged 71)
Thrift	poet
Naitionality	Scots