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Description: | Robert Burns, the Scottish Poet, was born in Alloway, Ayrshire on 25th. January 1759 in a small thatched cottage which was built by his father William Burnes. Robert, his eldest son became a farmer and left a legacy of songs, poems and letters recognized as Scotland's greatest poet dying at the early age of 37.
Nasmyth initially produced a pencil sketch of the Poet standing, wrapped in thought while on a visit with him to Roslin near Edinburgh. A second pencil sketch exists which was the basis for the oil seen here, painted in 1828.
This full length portrait of Robert Burns is by Alexander Nasmyth (1758-1840) and is believed to be the original pre-sketch in oils of the famous portrait on view in the Scottish National Portrait Gallery in Edinburgh. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 | Publisher: | Burns Monument Trust | Temporal: | 1828-01-01 - 1828-12-31 | Source: | Burns Scotland | Identifier: | Framed painting of Robert Burns - full l | Go to resource |
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