Assoc for Scottish Literaturescotlit@mastodon.scot

Oct 15, 2026, 12:57 PM

Allan Ramsay (1684–1758) – poet, playwright, founder of modern #Scots writing, & with a fair claim to be the father of Romanticism – was born #OTD, 15 October. A 🎂 🧵 …

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🖼️ Allan Ramsay, 1684–1758, by William Aikman – Scottish National Portrait Gallery

https://www.nationalgalleries.org/art-and-artists/3526

#Scottish #literature #18thcentury #romanticism #Scots #Scotslanguage #poetry #drama #theatre #theatrehistory

Portrait of Allan Ramsay (1684–1758), by William Aikman. Oil on canvas. Ramsay is clean-shaven, and looks out at the viewer with a half-smile. He wears a collarless dark green velvet coat, unbuttoned, and has an orange silk cloth wound about his head like an improvised turban.