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Framed Engraving of Robert Burns, by W.C Edwards

Key details

Object number
3.8328
Date
1800 to 1855
On display
No
Maker
Nasmyth, Alexander
Edwards, W.C. (Engraver)

Description

Engraving of Robert Burns, after Alexander Nasmyth, with a with a green and gold background. Inscribed 'Robert Burns - Poet, Born January 1759, died July 1796'. In a wooden frame.

This engraving of the Nasmyth bust portrait of Robert Burns has been set in an unknown background with the facsimile of his signature below by engraver W.C. Edwards.


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Measurements

  • Depth: 2.5(cm)
  • Height: 24.7(cm)
  • Width: 20.5(cm)

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