Public Artwork

Robert Burns

George A. Lawson, Robert Burns, 1919
Location:
Victoria Park, Spring Garden Road, Halifax, NS, Canada
Artwork creator(s): 
Lawson, George A.
Text author(s): 
Burns, Robert
Installation year: 
1919
Description: 

A bronze statue representing the standing figure of Robert Burns with his arms folded. The figure is mounted on a Nova Scotia granite pedestal with bronze plaques embedded on each side.

Text of the artwork: 

Burns, a man's a man for a that.

Note(s): 

Robert Burns is a replica of a piece that stands in Ayr, Scotland.

Song by Robert Burns, 1795

Owner(s): 
City of Halifax
Document(s): 

Public Art- Burns Halifax Regional Municipality

Halifax (1998).  Public Art- Burns Halifax Regional Municipality. <http://www.halifax.ca/Community/PublicArt/burns.html> : City of Halifax