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Description: | Robert Burns (1759-96) Scotland's National Poet was born in a small thatched cottage in Alloway, Ayrshire the son of a market gardener who feued 7 acres locally. During a short period the farmer poet was to compose a wealth of songs and poems. He died in Dumfries of heart disease aged only 37 years.
This cittern on display in Burns Cottage, Alloway was made by Grauckem and Hoffman in 1757.
The English cittern which was attributed to have belonged to Robert Burns is a musical instrument which appears to look like a mandolin. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 | Publisher: | Burns Monument Trust | Temporal: | 1757-01-01 - 1757-12-31 | Source: | Burns Scotland | Identifier: | English Cittern, attributed to Burns | Go to resource |
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