3-080-838 - Heritage Art/Heritage Images

The Gentle Shepherd, 1823. A scene from 'The Gentle Shepherd', a comedy written in verse by Allan Ramsay (1686-1758). In Act I Scene I Roger, a young shepherd, describes his efforts on the previous evening to woo his beloved Jenny. He had played her a reel 'O'er the Bogie' on his pipe, a traditional stock-and-horn