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Illustration to Robert Burns' poem Auld Lang Syne by J.M. Wright and Edward Scriven. The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing the Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. Illustrated By W.H. Bartlett, T. Allom, and Other Artists. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical[1] by Allan Cunningham. Published in London by George Virtue. No year is given explicitly, but "James Gibson 1856" has been handwritten inside the front cover, it's dedicated to a MP, Archibald Hastie of Paisley, who was no longer a MP by 1857, and some of the artists and engravers were dead before 1842. As such, I'm going with c. 1841 as the year, though it could be as late as 1856, when James Gibson evidently acquired. From: The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing the Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. Illustrated By W.H. Bartlett, T. Allom, and Other Artists. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham, London: George Virtue. Drawn by John Masey Wright (1777–1866, artist), Engraved by John Rogers (c. 1808-c. 1888, engraver), Restored by Adam Cuerden (1979–, restorationist), Cropped by Beyond My Ken. Public Domain. Source: Wikimedia Commons.

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21. juli 1796

Den skotske nationalpoet Robert Burns dør i Dumfries, Skotland. (Født 25. januar 1756 i Alloway, Skotland).

The Frontispiece by John Beugo (engraver) 1791. In the 1914 Glenriddel Manuscript facsimile. Public Domain. Source: Wikimedia Commons.

Artikler:

Robert Burns fejres stadig: Rebelsk skotsk digter. Af Margit Andersen (Arbejderen.dk, 24. januar 2018). “Robert Burns gik varmt ind for den franske revolution og for Skotlands selvstændighed.”

In English:

In defence of poet Robert Burns: “Ye know, and dare maintain, the Royalty of Man”: “A Weinsteinian sex pest”? By Paul Bond (World Socialist Web Site, 15 March 2018). “The ahistorical middle-class moralizing of the campaign perhaps reached a new low, however, with an attack on Scots poet Robert Burns.”

The radical Robert Burns. By Charlie McKinnon (International Socialism, Issue 157, Winter 2018, p.175-192). “The main thrust of this article will be to look at the most important influences on Burns and how they shaped his radicalism.”

Robert Burns – an auld radical. By Charlie McKinnnon (Socialist Worker, Issue 2536, 10 January 2017). “The ruling class loves to claim the 18th century Scottish poet Robert Burns as its own. Yet through Burns’ poetry, Charlie McKinnon uncovers his real, revolutionary legacy.”

Was Robert Burns really a radical? (The Guardian, 25 January 2016). “… are contemporary academics reading their own leftist values into history? Murray Armstrong on the battle for the soul of Burns Night.”

Robert Burns – man, poet and revolutionary. By Alan Woods (In Defence of Marxism, 23 July 2009). “It is a matter of great regret that nowadays it seems to have become the fashion among certain left circles in Scotland to renounce Burns. To some degree this is understandable.”

The socialist legacy of Robert Burns (Revolution, January 25, 2016). “Today the name Robert Burns is associated primarily with food and festivity. His poems have become party pieces …”