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The Brownie of Glendoch at the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum in Glasgow, Scotland

DateThu, August 30, 2012 at 11:35 AM

In 1889, one of the "Glasgow Boys," EA Hornel, painted this image based on The Brownie of Glendoch, a poem in Scots by William Nicholson.  It depicts "a wild phantom who frightens people by his appearance but is more to be pitied," according to the museum.

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