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Anne Bayne of Dunsapie Loch

Anne Bayne welcomes her husband, the poet Allan Ramsey back from the Grand Tour only to find that London is pulling him away. His career as being part of the centre of the Enlightenment movement in Edinburgh dawns the prospect of a monument being created in his name. Anne resists the public attention that this will generate, […]
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Anne Bayne of Duddingston Loch

Anne loved the Artist Allan Ramsay who painted her with such tenderness. At the time before their marriage he travelled through Italy. Anne would have felt alone with her thoughts and love for him. Before their marriage in 1739 Allan spent time in Rome learning the Rococo style of painting that inspired his own work. […]
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