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Description: | Robert Burns, the Scottish Poet, was born in Alloway, on 25th. January 1759 in a small thatched cottage which was built by his father William Burnes a market gardener at the time. Robert who became a farmer left a legacy of songs, poems and letters to become Scotland's greatest poet dying at the early age of 37.
This is one of many spurious portraits which have been ascribed to well known artists working in Scotland in Burns's time, in this instance to Sir Henry Raeburn R.A.
This painting of Robert Burns is ascribed to Sir Henry Raeburn (1756-1823) the prominent Scottish artist. This portrait is untypical of the poet as he is depicted with long dark flowing locks. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 | Publisher: | Burns Monument Trust | Temporal: | 1800-01-01 - 1820-12-31 | Source: | Burns Scotland | Identifier: | Painting in oils of Robert Burns ascribe | Go to resource |
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