Here is the Bard's own drawing of the proposed arms:
In the course of the lecture, Lyon showed the company the wonderful painting of Burns's arms done in 18th century style by Mark Dennis, Ross Herald Extraordinary.
Saturday, 23 March 2019
Lyon at the Irvine Burns Club.
The Annual Lecture at the Directors' Dinner of the Irvine Burns Club was given by the Lord Lyon on the 22nd March. His topic was “The Bard's proposal for arms contained in a letter of 3rd March 1794”. In the letter Burns refers to himself as “A bit of a herald”.
Here is the Bard's own drawing of the proposed arms:
In the course of the lecture, Lyon showed the company the wonderful painting of Burns's arms done in 18th century style by Mark Dennis, Ross Herald Extraordinary.
Here is the Bard's own drawing of the proposed arms:
In the course of the lecture, Lyon showed the company the wonderful painting of Burns's arms done in 18th century style by Mark Dennis, Ross Herald Extraordinary.
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