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Facsimile of Walker’s 1830 stipple and mezzotint after Alexander Nasmyth, reprinted in 1888 with a facsimile letter of authenticity printed on the reverse: 3 Berkeley Street July 9th 1888
Dear Sir, I’m told you require a note from me about the engraving you have to dispose of. I recognized it at once in your shop as my father Col Burnses hand writing. Mr Bogie who lived at Terraughtie with John Maxwell was a beloved friend of my Grandmother Burns, The Poet’s widow. I remain Yours truly S (Burns) Hutchinson
A copy of a hand tinted engraving is held by Ancient Light No. 88, in Delta, BC.
Printer’s Ring text: “Exact Fac Simile of Private Steel Plate, excudit Decemr, 1830. Wm. Walker, No. 22, London Strt. Edinburgh.” |LARGER IMAGE|.
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