Burns Collection (page 5)

Gettysburg, Pa. John L. Burns, the old hero of Gettysburg, with gun and crutches. Photograph from the main eastern theater of the war, Gettysburg, June-July, 1863. Date 1863 July. Gettysburg, Pa

Tam O Shanter escapes the devils - Burns Poem
Tam O Shanter rides with the devils close behind him... " And scarcely had he Maggie rallied When out the hellish legion sallied." Date: 1909

George Kleine presents the Cines photo drama Quo Vadis Nero sings while Rome burns. Motion picture poster for Quo Vadis showing Nero playing lyre while citizens of Rome flee the fire. Date c1913

King alfred burns the cakes
" From " Historical Events", a series of postcards. " Date: 1905

Humorous Haggis
A wild haggis in its cage - this one is guaranteed to be edible! Date: 1930s

Burns Festival Procession
A view of the Grand Procession, part of the Festival held in honour of the memory of Robert Burns at the town of Ayr, south-west Scotland. The poet was known as the Bard of Ayrshire

Burns Banquet at Montreal
A Banquet to honour the centenary of the birth of Scottish poet Robert Burns is held in the Canadian city of Montreal Date: 25 January 1859

Burns Festival at the Crystal Palace
A scene from the Festival held at the Crystal Palace, Sydenham, to celebrate the centenary of the birth of Scottish poet Robbert Burns

Military music - ancient instruments(2 of 8)
A Gaul plays the carnyx, whilst a village burns in the background

The Statue of Robert Burns, Dunfries
Robert Burns (1759 - 1796). The statue of Robert Burns in Church Place, at the junction of the High Street, Castle Street and Buccleuch Street in Dumfries, Dumfrieshire, Scotland

Highland Marys Grave, Greenock. This monument was erected over her burial place in 1842. Highland Mary was a muse for Poet Robert Burns, who wrote about her

Tam O Shanter Galop, music sheet
Tam O Shanter gallops across the bridge on his horse to escape the witches, on the cover of this music sheet, containing the Tam O Shanter Galop with music by Thomas Browne

John Burns at Royal Levee, St Jamess Palace
The Rt Hon John Elliot Burns, Labour politician, dressed for a Royal Levee at St Jamess Palace, Central London

Modern Athenians plate 24 - Edinburgh
Mr George Thompson (1757-1851) noted collector of the Music of Scotland and a friend of Robert Burns. approaching J F Williams (1785-1846) a teacher of drawing and a painte"

Burns / Made to Mourn
MAN WAS MADE TO MOURN O man! while in thy early years, How prodigal of time! Mis-spending all thy precious hours, thy glorious, youthful prime!

Burns / Cotters Saturday
THE COTTERs SATURDAY NIGHT His bonnet rev rently is laid aside, his lyart haffets wearing thin and bare; Those strains that once did sweet in Zion glide

Burns / Highland Mary
HIGHLAND MARY The golden hours on angel wings, Flew o er me and my dearie; For dear to me, as light and life, Was my sweet Highland Mary

Burns / I Hae a Wife
I HAE A WIFE O MY AIN I hae a wife of my ain, I ll partake wi naebody; I hae a guid braid sword, I ll tak dunts frae naebody

Burns / Farmers Address
THE AULD FARMERs NEW YEAR MORNING SALUTATION TO HIS AULD MARE, MAGGIE A guid new year I wish thee Maggie!

Burns / The Twa Dogs
THE TWA DOGS I ve noticed on our Lairds court day, An mony a time my hearts been wae, Poor tenant bodies, scant o cash

Burns / Deils Awa
THE DEILs AWA WI THE EXCISEMAN The Deil cam fiddlin thro the town, And danc d awa wi th Exciseman

Burns / Lass O Ballochmyl
THE LASS OF BALLOCHMYLE With careless step I onward strayed, My heart rejoiced in natures joy, When musing in a lonely glade, A maiden fair I chanced to spy

Burns / Lament for James
LAMENT FOR JAMES, EARL OF GLENCAIRN Beneath a craigy steep a Bard, Laden with years and meikle pain, In loud lament bewail d his lord

Burns / Second Epistle
SECOND EPISTLE TO DAVIE A Brother Poet Hale be your heart, hale be your fiddle; Lang may your elbow jink an diddle

Tom Titt / John Burns
John Elliot Burns. British trade unionist and politician

March: The Candle Burns a Little Lower by Mackenzie
A black and white illustration of a fantasy scene depicting the month of March

Robert Burns Statue, 1844
Engraving showing the Robert Burns statue by Flaxman (centre) surrounded by two scenes from his life and another portrait

Jack Johnson and Tommy Burns, 1908
Photographs showing Jack Johnson (1878-1946)(left) and Tommy Burns (1881-1955), the heavyweight boxers who fought for the World Championship in Sydney, Australia, in 1908

Tommy Burns (1881-1955)
Photograph of Tommy Burns, the Canadian heavyweight boxer who was World Champion between 1906 and 1908, pictured in 1908

Tommy Burns sparring with a partner, 1908
Series of photographs showing Tommy Burns (1881-1955), the Canadian heavyweight boxer, boxing with a sparring partner, 1908. Burns was World Heavyweight Champion between 1906 and 1908

Kertch Burns
Kertch : burning of the Government Buildings

Death of Achilles
While his body burns, his armour is hammered back into shape for its next user

Boats into Nymphs
Turnus burns the boats of Aeneas, but they are made from wood sacred to the mother- goddess Cybele, so she turns them into sea-nymphs

The Civil War in America. Re-occupation of Jackson, Missippi
Ladies are seen waving their handkerchiefs at the advancing Confederate soldiers. Jackson burns in the background

Cricket / Team / Essex
Essex Burns, Mead, Armour, McGahey, Pikett, Russell, F.L.Fane, Kortright, H.G.Owen (Captain), G.F.Higgins, F.G.Bull, Carpenter

Hotel De Ville Burns
In the early morning of 24 May the Hotel de Ville, perceived as a symbol of government oppression, is fired by the Communards

Royal Mail Turbine Steamer Viper, 1906
Photograph of the Royal Mail Turbine steamer Viper, built in 1906 by the Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Co. for the Ardrossan-Belfast daylight service of Messrs. G. and J. Burns, Glasgow

Cricketer, Burns
J. Burns Cricketer - Lancashire and Essex

Memorial Theatre Burns
The old Shakespeare Memorial Theatre burns down

Burns / Bannockburn March
ROBERT BRUCEs MARCH TO BANNOCKBURN Scots wha hae wi Wallace bled.Lay the proud usurpers low! Tyrants fall in every foe!

Precedence Books Burn
Tsar Theodor (brother of Peter I the Great) burns the Books of Precedence

Burns / Soldiers Return
THE SOLDIERs RETURN The embrace

BURNS / TAM O SHANTER / C18
TAM O SHANTER The devil clings to his horses tail

Basing House Besieged
BASING HOUSE, a strategically located Royalist stronghold, is attacked periodically by the Parliament army : eventually Cromwell takes it and burns it to the ground

Workmens Duel
Two American ironworkers, longtime enemies, fight with red-hot bars : their mates separate them, but not before each has received terrible burns Date: 1907

J. P. Mahaffy
JOHN PENTLAND MAHAFFY Irish scholar and tutor of Oscar Wilde

Granville Sharp Pattison
GRANVILLE SHARP PATTISON American anatomist and surgeon, often involved in controversy; bequeathed important Robert Burns collection to Maryland U

Stripey Tam O shanter
Girl wearing a tammy ( tam o shanter - named after a poem by Robert Burns)

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