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Description: | Ellisland was a hard farm to work. Its soil had been exhausted through over-cropping and needed fertilising. But Burns felt that the farm would inspire him as a poet and his first two sons were born there.
This is one of a portfolio of twelve drypoints entitled Burns Country. It was published in May 1915 and was accompanied by text written by Houston's friend Neil Munro of Para Handy fame. Burns Country follows the poet's passage from Mount Oliphant to his end in Dumfries.
Drypoint of a rural scene. Looking from a high point down to fields in the distance. On the left trees can be seen. On the right a wooden gate leads into a field. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 | Publisher: | North Ayrshire Council Museums Service | Source: | Burns Scotland | Identifier: | Drypoint of View from Ellisland from Fro | Go to resource |
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