File:Richard Waitt cromartie fool.jpg

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Richard Waitt: The Cromartie Fool   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Richard Waitt  (–1732)  wikidata:Q7329759
 
Richard Waitt
Description British painter
Date of birth/death 1732 Edit this at Wikidata
Work period 1706 Edit this at Wikidata–1732 Edit this at Wikidata
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artist QS:P170,Q7329759
Title
The Cromartie Fool
Object type painting
object_type QS:P31,Q3305213
Description
This grinning man holds a kail stock with a burning candle stuck in the top. This helps identify him as the fool or jester of a Scottish laird, who probably presided over Halloween festivities, such as those described in Robert Burns' poetry. Traditionally, unmarried men and women pulled up kail stocks to confirm the character of their future partner. A candle was then stuck into the end to make a torch. This portrait, painted in 1731, was possibly part of a series depicting Scottish clan members.
Date 1731
date QS:P571,+1731-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
institution QS:P195,Q942713
Source/Photographer https://www.nationalgalleries.org/collection/artists-a-z/w/artist/richard-waitt/object/the-cromartie-fool-pg-3256
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