Allan, John, 1777-1863 (Scottish-American bibliophile)
Person
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Tickets for events organised by the Caledonian Club of New York, designed by John Allan
Collection
Identifier: Coll-2922
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of 23 engraved tickets for events organised by the Caledonian Club of New York, dated around 1830-1840. The cards were designed by John Allan and engraved by various well-known American engravers.The majority of the cards are for the Annual Caledonian Ball and incorporate images such as Scottish dancing, bagpiping, references to Scottish history, thistles, tartan, castles and snippets of Scottish verse (almost entirely drawn from the works of Robert...
Dates:
c 1830 - c 1840