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Robert Burns Memorial

  • Artwork acquisition: Gift

Robert Burns Memorial [1]

image/jpeg iconSource: New Brunswick Scottish Cultural Association (2008). Press. ( http://www.nbscots.com/press347.pdf) [2]
image/jpeg iconSource: New Brunswick Scottish Cultural Association (2008). Press. ( http://www.nbscots.com/press347.pdf) [3]
image/jpeg iconSource: New Brunswick Scottish Cultural Association (2008). Press. ( http://www.nbscots.com/press347.pdf) [4]
Location:
703 Queen Street, Fredericton, NB, Canada

Artwork identification

Alternate title: 
Monument commémoratif Robert Burns
Artwork creator(s): 
Grant Stevenson, William
Text author(s): 
Burns, Robert
Installation year: 
1906
Remarks on location: 

East of Beaverbrook Art Gallery

Description: 

Sculpture of Robert Burns on a pedestal

Text of the artwork: 

A poet peasant born
Who more of fames immortal dower
unto his country brings
than all her kings

Text theme: 
Excerpt from the works of Robert Burns
Artwork theme: 
Tribute to the Scottish poet
History: 

In 1903, national pride spurred the Fredericton Society of Saint Andrew to seek subscription across New Brunswick for the erection of a suitable monument to Burns. In 1906, the Burns Memorial Monument was unveiled in front of an assembly of 5,000 people.

Owner(s): 
City of Fredericton
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Links:
[1] http://plepuc.org/en/artwork/robert-burns-memorial
[2] http://plepuc.org/sites/plepuc.org/files/images/Robert Burns détail_1.jpg
[3] http://plepuc.org/sites/plepuc.org/files/images/Robert Burns_1.jpg
[4] http://plepuc.org/sites/plepuc.org/files/2921003303_0c9e492014.jpg
[5] http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php
[6] http://plepuc.org/en/print/1140
[7] http://plepuc.org/fr/oeuvre/robert-burns-memorial