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Study For Ballad Of Brown Adam by Sir Joseph Noel Paton
Study for the Ballad of Brown Adam
Study For Ballad Of Brown Adam by Sir Joseph Noel Paton
Study For Ballad Of Brown Adam by Sir Joseph Noel Paton

Study for the Ballad of Brown Adam

Artist (Dunfermline, Scotland, 1821 - 1901)
Date1851
Mediumpencil on paper
ClassificationsPaintings And Drawings
DimensionsOverall: Height: 46 cm, Width: 56.3 cm
Frame: Height: 60.4 cm, Width: 72.9 cm
AcquisitionPurchased in 1980.
CopyrightOut of copyright - CC0
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDAG000298
About MeInscribed on work "ballad of brown adam. "when he came to his lady's bouir door, he stude a little forbye; and there he heard a fou' fause knicht, tempting his gay ladye+++ out he has taen a purse o' gowd, was a' fou' to the string; "o grant me love for love, ladye, and a' this shall be thine" "i lo'e brown adam wel', she says; "i wat sae does he me; "i would wad na be your licht leman, for mair than ye could gie."
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The ballad tells the tale of a fair lady saved from the sword of a thwarted "false knight" by the timely appearance of her lover Brown Adam.

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