Original engraving of the market cross at Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland, the street busy with stalls, crowds and a stagecoach. Engraved by D. Wilson after a drawing by David Octavius Hill for The Land of Burns, published in Glasgow by Blackie & Son; the first edition of Robert Burns's poems was printed at Kilmarnock in 1786.
Original engraving of the market cross at Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland, the street busy with stalls, crowds and a stagecoach. Engraved by D. Wilson after a drawing by David Octavius Hill for The Land of Burns, published in Glasgow by Blackie & Son; the first edition of Robert Burns's poems was printed at Kilmarnock in 1786.
Medium: Steel engraving
Artist / after: D. O. Hill, R.S.A.
Engraver: D. Wilson
Date: 1840
Source: The Land of Burns; Glasgow, published by Blackie & Son
Dimensions: 9.6 x 6.5 in (24.4 x 16.4 cm)
Condition: Good; paper somewhat yellowed, with light damp spots in the right margin.