Original 1840 engraving with the ruins of Alloway Kirk, the church that is the setting of Robert Burns's poem Tam o' Shanter and the burial place of his father. Cut by W. Forrest after a sketch by the Scottish painter David Octavius Hill for The Land of Burns.
Original 1840 engraving with the ruins of Alloway Kirk, the church that is the setting of Robert Burns's poem Tam o' Shanter and the burial place of his father. Cut by W. Forrest after a sketch by the Scottish painter David Octavius Hill for The Land of Burns.
Medium: Steel engraving.
Artist / after: David Octavius Hill, R.S.A.
Engraver: W. Forrest.
Date: 1840.
Source: The Land of Burns, a Series of Landscapes and Portraits. Blackie & Son, Glasgow.
Dimensions: 9.5 x 6.5 in (24.2 x 16.5 cm).
Condition: Good. Slight ink transfer and an occasional damp spot in the upper margin, outside the image.