Drawing entitled "The House in which Burns was Born"
Key details
- Object number
- 3.8012
- Date
- 1801
- On display
- No
- Maker
- Score, William
- Object number
- 3.8012
- Date
- 1801
- On display
- No
- Maker
- Score, William
Description
Drawing entitled "The House in which Burns was Born".
Drawn on the spot by William Score, Aquatinted by Robert Scott, Published by Robert Chapman, Glasgow, 1801.
Said to be the earliest illustration of Burns Cottage, published November 1801.
The scene show of the Cottage is the earliest known illustration of the Cottage and was drawn on the spot by William Score in 1801, just 5 years after the Poet died in Dumfries.
This illustration which is on display in the Burns Cottage Museum, Alloway was drawn by Robert Scott and published by Robert Chapman, Glasgow.
This illustration which is on display in the Burns Cottage Museum, Alloway was drawn by Robert Scott and published by Robert Chapman, Glasgow.
Object information
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