Leather taws belonging to Agnes Burns

Key details

Object number: 3.7504
Date: 1770 to 1799
On display: Yes

Description

Leather taws belonging to Agnes Burns.

Label reads 'Formerly belonging to Burns's Mother seldom if ever used, according to John Murdoch.

Although it was common in Burns’s time for parents to beat their children, Robert’s tutor John Murdoch claimed that this tawse was ‘seldom if ever used’ by Agnes.

Object information

Acquisition

1931

Material

Leather

Measurements

Height: 4(cm)
Length: 47.5(cm)
Width: 1.8(cm)
Width: 24(cm)

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