Silhouette of Robert Burns

Key details

Archive number: NTS/02/25/BRN/03/05/40
Alt. number: 3.8016
Date: 1790
On display: Yes
Creator: Houghton, Samuel (Artist)

Description

A silhouette of Robert Burns in giltwood frame.

This side view of Robert was ‘cut’ when the poet was 35 years old.

Formerly in the possession of his grandmother, Isabella Burns Begg, youngest sister of Robert Burns. Inscribed on reverse (in the hand of Miss Grace Burns Begg); " Burns, as Grandmother remembered seeing him."

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Archive information

Themes

Family

Hierarchy

Letters, documents and ephemera regarding the family of Robert Burns ( )
Ephemera, postcards and photographs relating to the descendants of Robert Burns ( )
Silhouette of Robert Burns