The birthplace of Robert Burns

The birthplace of Robert Burns

Item Information

Title:
The birthplace of Robert Burns
Description:
Information from accompanying cards:. With a painting concealed under the gilt of the fore edges of each volume ... the birthplace of Robert Burns, depicting a farm scene.
Date:
1825–1827
Format:
Paintings
Genre:
Watercolors
Fore-edge painting
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):
Special Collections, Rare Books
Subjects:
Farms
Farm life
Birthplaces
Burns, Robert, 1759-1796
Places:
Scotland > South Ayrshire (county) > Ayr
Extent:
1 painting : watercolor on fore edge of book
Permalink:
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Notes:
Title from accompanying cards.
Found on: Jones's cabinet edition of select British poets, vol. 2
Additional information: Depicts the birthplace of poet Robert Burns, "Burns' Cottage," in Alloway, Scotland.
Notes (acquisition):
Gift of Albert H. Wiggin, May 1951.
Notes (date):
Date of painting unknown. Publication date of book: 1825-1827.
Notes (object):
Fore-edge/fanned to the right
Identifier:
07_04_000020A
Call #:
PR1173 .J6 1827x
Barcode:
39999063214082