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Isabella Burns Begg

Key details

Object number
3.8093
Date
1844
On display
No
Maker
W & J Bonnar (Engraver)
Glashon, A .M . (Printer)

Description

Black and white engraving of the portrait of Isabella Burns Begg, bust length, on golden background. Accompanied underneath by 'Isabella the sister of Robert Burns dedicated to John Wilson professor of Moral Philosophy in the University of Edinburgh, by his obedient servant W & J Bonnar'. In wooden frame.


Object information

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Measurements

  • Depth: 2(cm)
  • Height: 50.5(cm)
  • Width: 43(cm)

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