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Description: | Robert Burns (1759-96) Scotland's National Poet was born in Alloway, Ayrshire the son of a market gardener who feued 7 acres locally. During a short period the farmer Poet wrote a wealth of songs and poems. He died in Dumfries of heart disease aged only 37 years.
The woodcut is on display in the Burns Cottage Museum in Alloway.
This vignette woodcut, one of a set of four by Bewick was first used for the first edition of the Liverpool edition of Burns' works in 1800 and subsequent editions. This woodcut was used in volume 1 of the set of 4 books. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 | Publisher: | Burns Monument Trust | Temporal: | 1800-01-01 - 1800-12-31 | Source: | Burns Scotland | Identifier: | One vignette woodcut of Burns' seal | Go to resource |
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