Wilt Thou Be My Deary?

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): 8 5/8 x 8 3/4in. (21.9 x 22.2cm) Sheet (height x width): 12 1/2 x 17 1/16in. (31.8 x 43.3cm)

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineGift of Samuel St. John Morgan

Object number1946.11.26

DescriptionA young man and a young woman stand side by side. He has his arm around her waist. He wears a jacket, a plaid vest, a shirt, a tie, and a Scottish cap. She wears a dress with an open bodice and a striped apron. Trees are in the right background. A boat with a square sail is on the shore of a lake or loch in the left background. Mountains are in the distance.

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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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