Burns

Dumfries Burns Club, 1938 - Its Second Appeal

Period:

20th Century

Description:

Detail of an appeal to raise funds for the refurbishment of Burns Mausoleum, by Dumfries Burns Club.

 

This large format scrapbook contains newscuttings, photographs and printed material.  It has been constructed using thick uncut sheets bound with decoratively tied brown leather laces.  Calligraphy is by the artist James G Jeffs.  The scrapbook features the Burns Club motif on the front cover. 
      

Materials/Media:

paper, binding leather ties

Dimensions:

width 231mm, height 360mm

Source:

Robert Burns House, Dumfries

Accession number:

DUMFM:0198.423

Digital Number:

BHBN104n

Creation Date:

1938

Copyright:

Dumfries & Galloway Council