I'm Owre Young to Marry Yet.

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 1/2 x 8 1/4in. (16.5 x 21cm)
Sheet (height x width): 17 1/8 x 12 5/8in. (43.5 x 32.1cm)

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineGift of Samuel St. John Morgan

DescriptionA young woman stands in a doorway at the right. A young man leans on a board fence at the left. She wears a dress with a plaid sash. He wears a Phrygian style cap, a coat or jacket, a shirt, and a tartan. He has a slight beard. Flowering vines surround the door. Other flowers grow at the left.

Object number1946.11.23

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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