Artist: George Houston 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: One golden year at least the poet spent in Ellisland, the farm he took on the banks of Nith, about six miles from Dumfries, and opposite the noble woods and gardens of Dalswinton. He was accustomed to say, himself, that the happiest period of his life was the first winter there with his wife and children. Part of the present steading was built by Burns, who was to prove by the unsuccess of his tenancy that a poet’s eye and not a farmer’s had dictated his choice of Ellisland, though he left it with a heavy heart.
Gallery: North Ayrshire Museums Service
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