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Description: | Robert Burns, Scotland's National Poet was born in Alloway, Ayr on 25th. Jan. 1759 son of a market gardener. When a working farmer in Mauchline in 1788, he married Jean Armour and had 9 children of whom only 3 survived into adulthood.
The Holy Fair took place each August and lasted several days attracting large numbers of communicants from several local parishes. It consisted of preaching and prayer meetings prior to the communion.
This painting of 'The Mauchline Holy Fair' in oils is by Alexander Carse. It depicts the scene from Burns' poem 'The Holy Fair' written in 1785. A character study of the annual religious carnival prevalent at the time. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 | Publisher: | Burns Monument Trust | Temporal: | 1870-01-01 - 1890-12-31 | Source: | Burns Scotland | Identifier: | Framed Painting in oils of the scene of | Go to resource |
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