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Description: | Jean Armour Burns Brown was the great granddaughter of Robert Burns, descended through Robert Burns junior, the poet's eldest son. From the time she was a young woman she was said to bear an uncanny resemblance to her famous forebear.
This postcard is evidence of her celebrity. It reproduces her autograph, 'Yours very sincerely Jean Armour Burns Brown'.
Because of this she became something of a celebrity in her own right, touring in Scotland and North America. She was regularly invited to ceremonies associated with Robert Burns and appeared at many events from the 1890s onwards until her death in 1937. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 | Publisher: | Dumfries & Galloway Council - Nithsdale Museums | Temporal: | 01/01/1900 - 31/12/1910 | Source: | Burns Scotland | Identifier: | Postcard of a portrait of Jean Armour Bu | Go to resource |
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