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"While the hollow oak our palace is, Our heritage the sea." -- Allan Cunningham
There was also a botanist named Allan Cunningham, see Allan Cunningham
For the soldier Alan Cunningham see Alan Gordon Cunningham
Allan Cunningham (7 December 1784 — 30 October 1842) was a Scottish poet and author.

He was born at Keir, near Dalswinton, Dumfriesshire, and first worked as a stone mason's apprentice. His father was a neighbour of Robert Burns at Ellisland, and Allan with his brother James visited James Hogg, the "Ettrick shepherd", who became a friend to both. Cunninghams other brothers were the naval surgeon Peter Miller Cunningham (1789—1864) and the poet, Thomas Mounsey Cunningham (1776—1834).

Cunningham was apprenticed to a stonemason, but gave his leisure to reading and writing imitations of old Scottish ballads. Cunningham contributed some songs to Roche's Literary Recreations in 1807, and in 1809 he collected old ballads for Robert Hartley Cromek's Remains of Nithsdale and Galloway Song; he sent in, however, poems of his own, which the editor inserted, even though he may have suspected their real authorship. It gained for him the friendship of Walter Scott and Hogg.

In 1810 Cunningham went to London, where he worked as a parliamentary reporter and journalist till 1814, when he became clerk of the works in the studio of the sculptor, Francis Chantrey, a post he kept until Chantrey's death in 1841. Cunningham meanwhile continued to write, three novels, a life of Sir D. Wilkie, and Lives of Eminent British Painters, Sculptors, and Architects, besides many songs. His prose is often spoiled by its misplaced and too ambitious rhetoric; his verse also is ornate, and both are full of mannerisms, Some of his songs, however, hold a high place among British lyrics. A Wet Sheet and a Flowing Sea is one of the best British sea-songs, although written by a landsman; and many other of Cunningham's songs became popular. He also brought out an edition of Robert Burns' Works.

He was married to Jean Walker, who had been servant in a house where he lived, and they had five sons and one daughter, all of whom rose to important positions, and inherited in some degree his literary gifts. Among them were Joseph Davey Cunningham, Alexander Cunningham, Peter Cunningham and Francis Cunningham.

Other Works
  • Sir Marmaduke Maxwell (1820) (play)
  • The King of the Peak (1822), the story of Sir George Vernon and his daughter, Dorothy Vernon's supposed elopement with John Manners from Haddon Hall
  • Lives of Eminent British Painters, Sculptors and Artists (1829-33)
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Total Books: 167
The Anniversary Or Poetry And Prose For 1829
The Anniversary or Poetry and Prose for 1829 [1829] (Paperback)Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780548792513
ISBN-10: 0548792518
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The Anniversary or Poetry and Prose for MDCCCXXIX
The Anniversary or Poetry and Prose for Mdcccxxix (Hardcover)Paperback
ISBN-13: 9781117165882
ISBN-10: 1117165884
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A Binary Canon Showing Residues of Powers of 2 for Divisors Under 1000 and Indices to Residues
Biographical and Critical History of the British Literature of the Last Fifty Years
The Cabinet Gallery of Pictures by the First Masters of the English and Foreign Schools In SeventyTwo Line Engravings With Biographical and
The Cabinet Gallery Of Pictures V2f By The First Masters Of The English And Foreign Schools
The Complete Works of Robert Burns Containing His Poems Songs and Correspondence
The Gallery of Pictures by the First Masters of the English and Foreign Schools With Biographical and Critical Dissertations
George Crabbe's Poetical Works Preface to the Tales  Life
Great English painters
Great English Painters (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780217480666
ISBN-10: 0217480667
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Great English Painters Selected Biographies From 'lives of Eminent British Painters' Ed by W Sharp
HauptExponents ResidueIndices Primitive Roots and Standard Congruences 1922
The life and land of Burns
The Life and Land of Burns (Paperback)Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780217122740
ISBN-10: 0217122744
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The Life and Writings of Sir Joshua Reynolds First President of the Royal Academy
The Life of Sir David Wilkie  With His Journals Tours and Critical Remarks on Works of Art and a Selection From His Correspondence
The Life of Sir David Wilkie
The Life of Sir David Wilkie [Ed. by P. Cunningham] (Paperback)Paperback
ISBN-13: 9781142567156
ISBN-10: 114256715X
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The Life Of Sir David Wilkie V3 With His Journals Tours And Critical Remarks Of Works Of Art
The Life of Sir David Wilkie Volume I
The Life of Sir David Wilkie Volume I (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780559384134
ISBN-10: 0559384130
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The Life of Sir David Wilkie With His Journals Tours and Critical Remarks on Works of Art
The Life of Sir David Wilkie With his Journals Tours and Critical Remarks on Works of Art and a
The Life of Sir David Wilkie With His Journals Tours and Critical Remarks On Works of Art and a Selection from His Correspondence