Framed painting 'Burns Monument' by Patrick Campbell Auld
Key details
- Object number
- 3.8136
- Date
- 1839
- On display
- No
- Maker
- Auld, Patrick Campbell (Artist)
- Object number
- 3.8136
- Date
- 1839
- On display
- No
- Maker
- Auld, Patrick Campbell (Artist)
Description
Painting depicting the Burns Monument from the opposite side of the River Doon. It includes both the old and new bridges, the old ruined Alloway Kirk and Burns Cottage in the distance. Oil on canvas. In scrolled gilt frame decorated with foliage.
This painting in oils by Patrick C. Auld shows Burns Monument from a viewpoint on the South bank of the river Doon. It is depicted without the New Alloway Kirk present, built in 1858, and includes both the old and new brigs o' Doon, the old ruined Alloway Kirk and Burns Cottage in the distance.
The painting is one of two he is known to have produced of this subject and is interesting for the inclusion of the distant view of the Isle of Arran seen above the span of the New brig O' Doon. Whether all these features were truly visible from this spot at the time is doubtful.
Object information
Acquisition
June 1985
Category
Measurements
- Depth: 14(cm)
- Height: 104(cm)
- Height: 72.5(cm)
- Width: 120(cm)
- Width: 87(cm)
Themes
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