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Description: | This etching depicts Robert Burns as a Freemason, taking his likeness from the portrait painted from the life by Alexander Nasymth in 1787. It is engraved from an original painting by Stewart Watson in the Grand Lodge of Scotland.
During his time in Edinburgh he frequented the Canongate Kilwinning Lodge and made many important friends there. In 1791, when he moved to Dumfries, Burns became a member of St Andrew's Lodge and he last visited this lodge three months before his death.
During the last quarter of the 18th century, Freemasonry was at the height of its popularity. Burns became a Mason in 1781 and remained involved throughout his life. Many of his most influential connections were made through Freemasonry. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 | Publisher: | Dumfries & Galloway Council - Nithsdale Museums | Temporal: | 1875-01-01 - 31/12/1900 | Source: | Burns Scotland | Identifier: | 'Robert Burns, Depute Master, Tarbolton | Go to resource |
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