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Engraving of 'Burns in Edinburgh – 1787', by Charles Martin Hardie

Key details

Object number
3.8104
Date
1890 to 1897
On display
Yes
Maker
Hardie, Charles Martin (Artist)

Description

Engraving depicting Robert Burns reading his poem 'The Winter's Night' before a literary gathering at the Duchess of Gordon's house in Edinburgh.

Those in image, L-R: Harry Erskine, Dugald Stewart, Countess of Glencairn, Adam Ferguson, Robert Burns, Hugh Blair, William Tytler, Henry Erskine, William Creech, Alexander Nasmyth, Lord Monboddo, Earl of Glencairn, 'Peggy' Chalmers, Jane Duchess of Gordon, Miss Burnett, Revd Dr Blacklock, William Marshall (the Butler). Presented by Aitken Dott & Son, publishers Edinburgh.


Object information

Measurements

  • Depth: 2.3(cm)
  • Height: 66.8(cm)
  • Width: 89(cm)

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