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The inauguration of Robert Burns as Poet Laureate of the Lodge

William Stewart Watson · 1846

William Stewart Watson: 1800–1870

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William Stewart Watson, William Stewart Watson

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The inauguration of Robert Burns as Poet Laureate of the Lodge

1846

National Galleries Scotland

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William Stewart Watson. The inauguration of Robert Burns as Poet Laureate of the Lodge. Image credit: William Stewart Watson; Source credit: Art UK. Wikimedia Commons. Public domain (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/). Resized and JPEG-compressed; selected source frame preserved.

Collection: National Galleries Scotland

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William Stewart Watson. The inauguration of Robert Burns as Poet Laureate of the Lodge. Image credit: William Stewart Watson; Source credit: Art UK. Wikimedia Commons. Public domain (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/). Resized and JPEG-compressed; selected source frame preserved.