BIB_ID
294075
Accession number
MA 50.29
Creator
Thomson, Paton, b. ca. 1750, engraver.
Published
London : Published as the Act directs, 1798.
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Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1906.
Description
1 print : engraving ; 379 x 262 mm
Notes
Decorative border of engraving and most of "Painted" has been trimmed off.
Engraving to be sold by R. Wilkinson of Cornhill and A. Skelton of No. 23 Hay Market.
Part of a large collection of letters from Robert Burns to George Thomson. See collection record (MA 47 and MA 50) for full description.
Engraving to be sold by R. Wilkinson of Cornhill and A. Skelton of No. 23 Hay Market.
Part of a large collection of letters from Robert Burns to George Thomson. See collection record (MA 47 and MA 50) for full description.
Summary
Head and shoulders portrait of Robert Burns after a painting by Alexander Nasmyth. With "Robert Burns" and a tableau of a mourning lady with a unicorn, a decorative urn, and a sprig of thistle engraved below.
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