Print, aquatint, 'View of Abbey Crag'
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Aquatint of view of Abbey Crag, Stirling which belonged to Robert Burns
- Introduction:
- This print belonged to Robert Burns and was part of the furnishings of his last home at Burns Street, Dumfries. It is engraved from a painting by Robert Alexander Riddell of Glenriddell, a landscape painter who specialised in Scotland's topography.
- Image Rights Holder:
- Dumfries & Galloway Museums Service
- Ref:
- DUMFM:0198.409
- Project:
- 39:Robert Burns in Dumfries and Galloway
- Material:
- Paper; wood (frame)
- Dimensions:
- Image - length: 325 mm, width: 450 mm; frame - length: 525 mm, width: 625 mm
- What:
- Print, aquatint, 'View of Abbey Crag'
- Subject:
- The Burns family owned three such engraving from works by Riddell and it is said that they hung 'ben the house' at Ellisland farm house during their time there.
- Who:
- Robert Burns (1759 - 1796) (owner (picture hung 'ben the house' at Ellisland when tenanted by him))
- Captain Robert Alexander Riddell (Glenriddell, afterwards Friars Carse) (artist (friend of Robert Burns, landscape painter who specialised in Scotlands topography))
- A Robertson (engraver)
- When:
- Late 18th century
- Where:
- Robert Burns House, Dumfries & Galloway
- Background:
- The Burns family owned three such engraving from works by Riddell and it is said that they hung 'ben the house' at Ellisland farm house during their time there.
- Description:
- Robert Burns met Riddell, a neighbour, shortly after he moved to Ellisland, outside Dumfries and they became close friends. Riddell gave Burns a key to the summer house or Hermitage on his estate so that he might have somewhere to write.