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

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.

Object number1946.11.26

InscribedOn recto, lithographed title beneath image, "WILT THOU BE MY DEARY? / Wilt thou be my dearie? / When sorrow wrings thy gentle heart, / O wilt thou let me cheer thee? / By the treasure of my soul, / And that's the love I bear thee! / I swear and vow, that only thou / Shall ever be my dearie. / Burns' Songs."
On verso, inscribed in pencil: upper left, "Print / Box 1 / #35"; lower left, accession number.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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