I Think I Maun Wed Him Tomorrow.

PrinterPrinted by E.B. & E.C. Kellogg American, 1840 - 1867

PublisherPublished by E.B. & E.C. Kellogg American, 1840 - 1867

PublisherPublished by Kelloggs & Thayer American, 1846 - 1847

PublisherPublished by D. Needham American, 1808 - 1888

Date1845

MediumLithography; printer's ink and watercolor on wove paper

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 6 9/16 x 9in. (16.7 x 22.9cm)
Sheet (height x width): 10 1/4 x 14in. (26 x 35.6cm)

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineGift of Samuel St. John Morgan

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 number1950.139.0

InscribedOn recto, 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."

On verso, inscribed in purple ink, upper left, "842". Inscribed in pencil: upper left, "$3.00"; lower left, "Print / Box 7 / #44"; lower right, "Dwr 10" and 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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