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Woodcut of an elderly couple by a fireside, the man seated and the woman at a spinning wheel, with a cat on a stool and printed verse below.

John Anderson My Jo: Elderly Couple by a Fireside, Woodcut

A woodcut of an elderly man seated by a hearth, his wife behind him at a spinning wheel, in a plain interior with a cat dozing on a stool. Lines of printed verse fill the lower part of the sheet beneath a bold title.

Artist
Robert Burns
Date
[between 1800 and 1899]
Medium
Woodcuts
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
3111 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1899.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection

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