Robert Burns and His Highland Mary.

PrinterPrinted by E.B. & E.C. Kellogg (American, 1840 - 1867)

PublisherPublished by E.B. & E.C. Kellogg (American, 1840 - 1867)

After a work byAfter a work by Robert Edmonstone (English, 1795 - 1834)

Date1840-1844

MediumLithography; printer's ink and watercolor on wove paper

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 12 1/4 x 9 1/16in. (31.1 x 23cm) Sheet (height x width): 14 1/4 x 9 7/8in. (36.2 x 25.1cm)

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection

Object number1995.182.1

DescriptionA young man sits on the grassy bank of a lake or river. He wears a short jacket, a shirt and tie, plaid garters, breeches, and hose. A round hat with a plaid brim is at the far right. His right arm is around the waist of a young woman wearing a white bodice and skirt with a wide sash. Her plaid fringed shawl is at the left. She wears a ribbon and two roses in her hair. Additional flowers grow at the right near large tree trunks.

Collections

Kellogg Brothers Lithographs

NotesSubject Note: The son of a farmer, Robert Burns was born in Alloway, Scotland on 25 January 1759. Although poor, he read widely, and by 1781, had begun to write poetry. His Poems, chiefly in the Scottish Dialect, were an immediate success when they were published in 1786. He died at Dumfries, Scotland on 21 July 1796 at the age of 37.

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