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King James I and VI, with four Scottish writers: Robert Burns, John (?) Home, Allan Ramsay, and James Beattie. Engraving.

Five men: Robert Burns, Richard Baxter, Francis Bacon, Judge Blackstone, and James Beattie. Engraving, 1811.

Poets and dramatists: twenty portraits. Engraving by J.W. Cook, 1825.

Robert Burns and the medical profession / by William Findlay, M.D. ("George Umber").

James Currie, the entire stranger, & Robert Burns / [Robert D. Thornton].

Robert Burns, his medical friends, attendants and biographer / by H.B. Anderson.

The immortal memory of Robert Burns : a medical aspect / by J. Purves-Stewart.

John Anderson and his wife seated by a fire in a modest house; a cat sleeping on a stool in front of the chimney. Woodcut after R. Burns, 18--.

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Burns, Robert, 1759-1796

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John Anderson and his wife seated by a fire in a modest house; a cat sleeping on a stool in front of the chimney. Woodcut after R. Burns, 18--.