Circular etching of Burns’ portrait mounted over a thistle leaf and a patch of his hair.
Inscribed in ink:
From the thistle near his grave.
Fragments from a lock of his hair: taken from his coffin when it was opened in 1834. Given to me by his son my friend Lt. Col. J Glencairn Burns 1855.
The backing paper of the hair is inscribed: From the skull of Robert Burns
James Glencairn Burns (1794-1865) was the 8th son of Robert Burns, served with the East India Company.
Provenance: purchased from an Oxford private collection of a gentleman along with a quantity of Georgian and Victorian historical documents; acquired in the late 1940s from an estate sale in Cheltenham.
Size: framed 30 x 22.5 cm; visible etching 14.5 cm diameter.
Condition: The mount with some dirt and discolouration, the etching with some scratches and rubbed, the frame chipped and scratched with flaking paint, split to the backing wooden board.
| Age | Georgian |
|---|---|
| Style | Georgian |
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