The birthplace, engraving from work of D.O. Hill c 1840.
"The artist has so chosen his position, as to render very conspicuous a recess in the angle of the apartment, containing a bed. The bed in which the poet was born, stood here. According to the narrative of Mrs Gowdie, it was a square wooden conveniency, of the fashion still prevalent in Scottish cottages. In the course of time, it found its way to Brownhill Inn, in Dumfriesshire—probably through the connection of Burns with that district, and the sale of his property at Ellisland. When the furniture of the inn was on one occasion disposed of by roup, Burns's bed went for a trifle to the stable-boy ; but afterwards its value as a curiosity became appreciated, and the happy purchaser obtained twenty guineas for it. " The Land of Burns (1840)
