Description

One of the oddest portrayals of Burns – wearing a top hat, which was not invented until three years before he died.
Drawn by John Edmund Buckley (1820-1884) and engraved by Samuel Allen for ‘The Complete Works of Robert Burns’ published by John McGready, Glasgow 1887 (Egerer 1031).

Steel engraving c1887
Original image size 10.8 x 14.5 cm
Digital image size 2542 x 3429 px
21.6 x 29.0 (300 dpi)