From 'The Poetical Works of Robert Fergusson' (Glasgow: Chapman & Lang, 1800). [Library shelfmark: L.C.127]
The homely Scottish character and the humour of Robert Fergusson's poems were reflected in illustrations of his work.
This engraving is one example from 'The Poetical Works of Robert Fergusson', published by Glasgow-based firm Chapman & Lang in 1800.
It illustrates lines from 'A Saturday's Expedition':
'The woeful fate of those whose cruel Stars
Have doomed them subject to the languid powers
Of wat'ry sickness'.