A Pair of Early 19th Century Original Antique Robert Burns Coloured Engravings Auld Lang Syne & Now Westlin Wins

Type of Artwork: Pair of Antique Coloured Engravings

Titles: Auld Lang Syne and Now Westlin Wins.

Artist: After J. M. Wright (John Massey Wright).

Engravers: J. Rogers — Auld Lang Syne; S. Bull — Now Westlin Wins, as credited beneath the images.

Date of Publication: Mid-19th century, approximately 1840s. Exact editions unconfirmed.

Surface: Paper with applied colouring. The date of the colouring is unknown.

Details: Two appealing illustrations of songs associated with Robert Burns, presented in matching dark green mounts.

Auld Lang Syne depicts a convivial tavern gathering, with men clasping hands over a table and raising their drinks. A dog rests beside them.

Now Westlin Wins depicts a young couple beside a cornfield, with birds overhead and a dog at their feet. Printed below is the verse beginning “But Peggy dear the Evening’s clear”. The publisher’s inscription reads “London; Published for the Proprietors, by Geo. Virtue, 26, Ivy Lane.”

Presentation: Sold together as a pair, mounted and unframed.

Condition: Age-related paper toning, scattered spotting and areas of discolouration, including a pronounced horizontal brown band across the lower margin of Now Westlin Wins. Please examine all photographs for condition.

Measurements: 26 x 31 cm (mount aperture approx. 14 x 19 cm)

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