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Framed painting 'Burns Monument' by Patrick Campbell Auld

Key details

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

Material

Measurements

  • Depth: 14(cm)
  • Height: 104(cm)
  • Height: 72.5(cm)
  • Width: 120(cm)
  • Width: 87(cm)

Place of creation