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Description: | Robert Burns (1759-96) Scotland's National Poet was born in a small thatched cottage in Alloway, Ayrshire the son of a market gardener who feued 7 acres locally. During a short period the farmer poet composed a wealth of songs and poems. He died in Dumfries of heart disease aged only 37 years.
This exhibit can be seen in the Burns Cottage Museum in Alloway.
The ink bottle in a leather case, with 2 quills and a knife, carried and used regularly by Burns for his writings. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 | Publisher: | Burns Monument Trust | Temporal: | 1780-01-01 - 1796-12-31 | Source: | Burns Scotland | Identifier: | Ink Bottle with 2 quills and a knife whi | Go to resource |
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