Burns & His Highland Mary.
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 1/4 x 8 5/16in. (18.4 x 21.1cm)
Sheet (height x width): 11 5/8 x 8 5/16in. (29.5 x 21.1cm)
Sheet (height x width): 11 5/8 x 8 5/16in. (29.5 x 21.1cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection
DescriptionA young man and a young woman sit side by side on a bank. He wears a jacket, a striped vest, a shirt, and stock. She wears a long blouse with a low neckline over a striped skirt. His left arm is around her waist and his right hand is on his heart. Grass, ferns, and trees are in the background.
Object number1995.182.24
InscribedRecto: Lithographed title beneath image: "BURNS & HIS HIGHLAND MARY. / The golden hours, on angel wings, / Flew o'er me and my dearie; / For dear to me as light and life, / Was my sweet Highland Mary! / O pale pale, now those rosy lips, / I aft hae kiss'd sae fondly! / And clos'd for aye the sparkling glance / That dwelt on me sae kindly! / Burns Songs." In pencil, lower left: "DRAWER 10 #14".Verso: In pencil, upper right: "#465/500"; lower right: "Dwr 10"; old and new accession numbers inscribed in pencil, upper center.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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