Engraving of the Mausoleum of Burns, Dumfries
Key details
- Object number
- 3.8258
- Date
- 1845
- On display
- No
- Object number
- 3.8258
- Date
- 1845
- On display
- No
Description
Engraving of the Mausoleum of Burns, Dumfries. Shows mausoleum with figures in foreground. Engraved by H Griffiths, after painting by W H Barlett.
In the years following his death, Robert Burns' admirers came to believe that his simple grave was an insufficient memorial to the poet. In 1813, John Syme formed a committee and launched an appeal to build a mausoleum in his memory. One of the subscribers was the Prince Regent, later George IV. After a public advertisement, over 50 designs were received and the plans of T F Hunt, a London architect were approved.
Burns Mausoleum became a place of pilgrimage for visitors to Dumfries. This view of the mausoleum is engraved from a painting by William Henry Bartlett and shows the mausoleum in its corner of the old churchyard.
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Measurements
- 265mm x 205mm
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