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Description: | Robert Burns was born in Alloway, Ayr on 25th. Jan. 1759 son of a market gardener. When a working farmer in Mauchline from 1783 to 1788, he married Jean Armour. During this period he became a well known local personality and wrote many of his best known works.
This carving is by Frank McNichol of Glamis and was executed in the early part of the 20th century. It is on view at the Burns Cottage Museum by kind permission of the Grant family of Blairgowrie.
This wood carving shows Miss Wilhelmina Alexander (1753-1843) on a bridge in the woods being admired by the seated figure of Robert Burns a few paces distant. It represents a scene which inspired Burns to write the poem 'The lass of Ballochmyle'. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 | Publisher: | Burns Monument Trust | Temporal: | 1890-01-01 - 31/12/1920 | Source: | Burns Scotland | Identifier: | Carved wooden panel titled 'The Bonnie l | Go to resource |
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