Duncan Gray Cam Here to Woo.

PrinterPrinted by D. W. Kellogg & Co. (American, 1830 - 1840)

PublisherPublished by D. W. Kellogg & Co. (American, 1830 - 1840)

Date1830-1840

MediumLithography; printer's ink on wove paper

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 7 3/4 x 7 7/8in. (19.7 x 20cm) Sheet (height x width): 11 1/4 x 8 7/16in. (28.6 x 21.4cm)

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection

Object number1995.182.23

DescriptionA young woman is seated in a chair in the interior of a room, apparently a kitchen. A young man stands behind her holding his Scottish cap in his hand. She wears an open blouse over a dress with a separate bodice. He wears a jacket, vest, shirt, tie, and tartan. A spinning wheel is in the right foreground. A flask and a cup or tankard are on a shelf or table in the left background, with an arched door above them, possibly an oven. Two jars are on a large wooden cupboard in the background. An open casement window is at the far right.

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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