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| Keywords: Richard Waitt cromartie fool.jpg artwork Richard Waitt 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 Oil on canvas 1731 National Gallery of Scotland https //www nationalgalleries org/collection/artists-a-z/w/artist/richard-waitt/object/the-cromartie-fool-pg-3256 other versions PD-old-100 Richard Waitt Portrait paintings in the National Gallery of Scotland 1731 1731 oil on canvas paintings in the United Kingdom Portrait 1731 portrait paintings from Great Britain Male 18th-century oil portraits of men at half length 1731 18th-century portrait paintings in the United Kingdom 1731 Files uploaded by Shakko from various sources Marottes Paintings of jesters Paintings of vegetables People with vegetables Portrait paintings of bearded men 1731 Portraits of jesters Vegetables of the United Kingdom | ||||
