“I e'en gave over in good time, before the coolness of fancy that attends advanced years, should make me risk the reputation I had acquired.”
About Allan Ramsay
c. 15 October 1684–7 January 1758
Allan Ramsay was born around 15 October 1684 (some sources cite 1685 or 1686) in the rugged mining village of Leadhills, Lanarkshire, Scotland. He entered the world in a place defined by the harsh rhythms of lead extraction, where the hills echoed with the labor of men toiling for the Hopetoun estates. His father…