Framed poster with an advertisement for a zoo in Dumfries
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Key details
- Archive number
- NTS/02/25/BRN/05/01/387
- Alt. number
- 2018.12043
- Date
- 1776 to 1796
- On display
- No
- Archive number
- NTS/02/25/BRN/05/01/387
- Alt. number
- 2018.12043
- Date
- 1776 to 1796
- On display
- No
Description
Framed poster with an advertisement for a menagerie or zoo of wild animals displayed in Dumfries marketplace in 1796. On reverse is a handwritten note stating that Robert Burns wrote a verse on the back of the poster. Verse is now badly faded and has been transcribed into the original letter detailing Burns' connection with the poster. In a wooden frame.