I Think I Maun Wed Him Tomorrow.

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): 6 3/4 x 8 5/8in. (17.1 x 21.9cm)
Sheet (height): 8 5/8in. (21.9cm)
Plate (right plate width): 10 13/16in. (27.5cm)

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Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection

DescriptionA young woman stands with her back to a young man, looking over her shoulder. He holds a lock of her hair. She is wearing a dress with a separate bodice, a plaid skirt, an apron, and a plaid shawl. He wears a Scottish cap, a jacket, vest, shirt, tie, breeches, and a fringed plaid tartan. A lake or loch, a castle tower, and mountains are in the background.

Object number1995.182.12

InscribedRecto: Lithographed title beneath image: "I THINK I MAUN WED HIM TOMORROW. / But owre my left shouther I gae him a blink, / Lest neebors might say I was saucy; / My wooer he caper'd as he'd been in drink, / And vow'd I was his dear lassie. / He begged for Gudesake! I wad be his wife, / Or else I wad kill him wi' sorrow; / So e'en to preserve the poor body in life, / I think I maun wed him tomorrow. / Burns Songs."; in pencil, lower left: "10 #7a".

Verso: In pencil, upper right: "#465/500"; lower right: "Dwr 10"; old and new accession numbers inscribed in pencil, upper left.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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