Shows the ruins of the church built in 1516 in Alloway, Scotland. Also shows a boy sitting in the church graveyard. Site served as the setting for Scotch poet Robert Burns's poem "Tam O'Shanter" (circa 1790) and as the burial ground of Burns's father., Title and photographer from accompanying label., Buff paper mount with square corners., Paper backing pasted on verso., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of different countries., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
Coates, Andrew, photographer
Date
ca. 1859
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Coates - Religion [5754.F.48b]
