David Allan

William Inglis, c 1712 - 1792. Surgeon and Captain of the Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers

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About this artwork

Surgeon William Inglis was best known as a keen member of the Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers, the oldest golf club in the world. Allan, a member of the same golf club, shows Inglis and his caddy on Leith Links, about two miles from the city centre, where the club was then located (it's now based at Muirfield in East Lothian). Behind Inglis, the annual trophy presented by the City - a golf club with silver balls attached - is being paraded across the Links.

Updated before 2020

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David Allan

David Allan