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Description: | Robert Burns (1759-96) was born in a small thatched cottage in Alloway, the son of a market gardener who cultivated a 7 acres. Despite a short life span the farmer poet wrote a wealth of songs and poems. He died in Dumfries aged 37 years of heart disease.
This is only one of the statues on display around the world to the memory of Burns. During the 1800's a wealth of statues in different styles were erected to the memory of the Poet in many English speaking cities abroad.
The illustration by J.Scott 1845 depicts the statue of Robert Burns by the renowned sculptor of his day John Flaxman, RA. which is displayed in the Burns Monument in Edinburgh. At the time of his death in 1826 the statue was unfinished and was completed by his brother- in- law and pupil, Mr. Denham. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 | Publisher: | Burns Monument Trust | Temporal: | 1845-01-01 - 1845-12-31 | Source: | Burns Scotland | Identifier: | Framed engraving of 'Statue of Robert Bu | Go to resource |
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