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Description: | The Poet Robert Burns was born in Alloway on 25th. January 1796 in a small thatched Cottage built by his father William on a 7 acre smallholding acquired from the local landowner around 1750. His father worked as a gardener on the Doonholm estate.
Several engravings of the Cottage were created by various artists in the 1800's, particularly around the dates of the Poet's birth and death anniversaries in 1859 and 1896. This one is apparently copied from the acquatint (1801) by W. Score.
The picture depicts the Cottage around the early 1800's surrounded by trees and bushes with adjacent cottages in the background. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 | Publisher: | Burns Monument Trust | Temporal: | 1801-01-01 - 1801-12-31 | Source: | Burns Scotland | Identifier: | Framed engraving of 'The Cottage of Burn | Go to resource |
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