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Burns' portrait, by Taylor The Nasmyth Portrait Burns' portrait (from Nasmyth) Burns at Work Burns Travelling

Portraits

here are very few images of Robert Burns created while he was alive. Most images seen nowadays take their inspiration from the Nasmyth portrait, painted in 1787. This portrait of Burns has been much copied and adapted, with varying degrees of success, and is now recognised as the definitive image of the poet.