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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 of time the farmer poet composed a wealth of songs and poems. He died of heart disease in Dumfries aged 37 years.
The picture was originally commissioned to illustrate the Edinburgh edition of the Poets' works; however it was never used for this purpose.
The picture Robert Burns painted in the style of Alexander Nasmyth, the original of which appears in the Scottish National Portrait Gallery in Edinburgh. Burns sat for this portrait for Nasmyth in Edinburgh in 1787 and is said by many to have been the only true likeness of the Poet that was ever reproduced. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 | Publisher: | Burns Monument Trust | Temporal: | 1800-01-01 - 1899-12-31 | Source: | Burns Scotland | Identifier: | Framed copy of 'Robert Burns' in style o | Go to resource |
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