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Gilt Framed water colour of the Burns Monument in Alloway, 1823

Key details

Object number
3.8184
Date
1823
On display
No

Description

The water colour painting (artist unknown) depicts the Burns Monument in Alloway around the period it was completed in 1823. Some figures are present in the foreground.

The Monument, the first memorial anywhere to the memory of the Poet, was built by public subscription and is built in the Grecian style overlooking the Brig O'Doon.


Object information

Measurements

  • Depth: 3.6(cm)
  • Height: 26.3(cm)
  • Width: 30.5(cm)

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