The Nith at Ellisland

Artist: George Houston
Title: The Nith at Ellisland
Date: Not Known
Medium: Etching
Description:

One of a series of 12 prints by George Houston titled "Burns’ Country". 12 etchings from a limited edition of 25. Commentaries by Neil Munro attached to reverse of frame:

A favourite evening walk of Burns was on a path which ran below his house and overhung the river. Its seclusion, its lovely sylvan vistas, its own serenity contributed to moods of poetry; there was paced on it the measure of Tam o’ Shanter, and experienced the adorable anguish which found expression in Mary in Heaven.

Gallery: North Ayrshire Museums Service
Location: Auldgirth

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