The house in which Burns died, Dumfries

Category

Library Item

Item no

17630

Title

The house in which Burns died, Dumfries

Description

A street scene from Dumfries showing an assortment of rundown buildings and cottages. Several women and men are making their way down the street. In the background stands a very tall factory chimney.

Artist / maker

Bartlett, W. H.

Engraver

FJ Havell

Date

1839

Size

14 x 19 cm

Type

Engraving

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

Robert Burns is Scotland's national poet. He was born on the 25th January 1759 in Alloway, Ayrshire. He was the son of a tenant farmer and was brought up working the land, but like many sons of Scottish farmers received a good education.
In 1786 he published a volume of his poetry called Poems Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect. The book was an immediate success and was the start of his transformation into a national hero. He continued to write poetry and songs until he died on the 21st July 1796 aged just 37. Every year, on the anniversary of his birth, thousands of Scots at home and abroad gather together to celebrate the poet's life and works by holding Burns Suppers.

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