In Pictures: McGonagall exhibition

An exhibition featuring 36 paintings of infamous Scottish poet William McGonagall by Edinburgh artist Charles Nasmyth has opened in Dundee

This illustration is for An Address to the Reverend George Gilfillan, McGonagall's first poem

Nasmyth created an imaginary scene featuring Sir Thomas Bouch, the engineer behind the first Tay Bridge, and Queen Victoria

The Tay Bridge Disaster was the inspiration for one of McGonagall's best-know works

McGonagall reflects on the enormity of the disaster alongside film star Marilyn Monroe

Nasmyth says McGonagall always felt that contempt for his verse was symptomatic of his audiences' addiction to strong drink

The poet fails to gain an audience with his monarch and walks all the way back to Dundee

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