|
Date: |
|
Description: | Burns Monument was the first memorial built to the memory of the Poet Robert Burns and is situated on the banks of the River Doon in Alloway, Ayrshire. It is located only half a mile from the thatched cottage where he was born on 25th. January 1759.
The Brig o' Doon was situated on the main highway from Ayr to Maybole at the time when Burns composed his famous poem of Tam o' Shanter which featured the Brig in Tam's escape from the witches.
This painting in oils by David Roberts (1796-1864) the renowned Scottish artist depicts the Burns Monument and the Brig o' Doon at Alloway with a herd of cattle being driven South towards Maybole, and a couple with their dog heading North. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 | Publisher: | Burns Monument Trust | Temporal: | 1862-01-01 - 1862-12-31 | Source: | Burns Scotland | Identifier: | Framed painting of the Brig o' Doon and | Go to resource |
|
|