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Description: | Robert Burns, the Scottish Poet, was born in Alloway, Ayrshire on 25th. January 1759. Robert who became a farmer left a legacy of songs, poems and letters to become Scotland's greatest poet. This fame led to many statues and memorials to his name around the world.
In the scene the main subjects are named below as the artist went to considerable lengths to create good likenesses of the main personages. To the left is Adam Ferguson stoking the fire, then Burns standing opposite Scott, Dugald Stuart seated, Joseph Black MD, Adam Smith, John Home (author of 'Douglas') and Dr Ja's Hutton Geologist.
This engraving of the Scene at Sciennes House in Edinburgh, home of Professor Adam Ferguson where Robert Burns and Walter Scott met in the winter of 1786-7 is based on the original painting by Charles Martin Hardie ARSA and was produced by the Swan Electric Engraving Co. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 | Publisher: | Burns Monument Trust | Temporal: | 1786-01-01 - 1787-12-31 | Source: | Burns Scotland | Identifier: | Framed engraving of 'The meeting of Burn | Go to resource |
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