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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 37 years.
The silhouette is on display in the Burns Cottage Museum, Alloway.
The framed silhouette in plaster is by George Bruce. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 | Publisher: | Burns Monument Trust | Temporal: | 1800-01-01 - 1830-12-31 | Source: | Burns Scotland | Identifier: | Robert Burns: Silhouette on Plaster | Go to resource |
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