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Portrait of Robert Burns

Maker

Alexander Nasmyth (artist)
1758-1840

(draughtsman)
1774-1822

(engraver)
1762-1823

(publisher)

Title

Portrait of Robert Burns

Date of Production

1820

Medium

Ink on paper

Dimensions

Height: 19.3 cm
Width: 12.8 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.5871.11

Mode of Acquisition

Witt Library, transfer, 1990

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

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Provenance

Information not yet known or updated

Inscriptions

Inscription: inscription : stamped : upper margin centre & recto : on mount : WITT LIBRARY //

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower left margin & recto : : Drawn by J.Thurston. //

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower right margin & recto : : Engraved by C.Warren. //

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower margin centre & recto : : ROBERT BURNS. //

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower margin centre & recto : : From a Picture by Nasmyth in the possession of Mrs Burns. //

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower margin centre & recto : : London, Nov.1,1822[colon] Published by W. Walker[colon] 8 Grays Inn Square. //

Inscription: inscription : typed : lower left margin & recto : on mount : Brit. Poets. //

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