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Robert Burns

  • Artwork acquisition: Gift

Robert Burns [1]

image/jpeg iconSource: Halifax (1998). Public Art- Burns Halifax Regional Municipality. (http://www.halifax.ca/Community/PublicArt/burns.html) [2]
Location:
Victoria Park, Spring Garden Road, Halifax, NS, Canada

Artwork identification

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

Author's biography: 
Robert Burns [3]
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
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Links:
[1] http://plepuc.org/en/artwork/robert-burns
[2] http://plepuc.org/sites/plepuc.org/files/images/Robert Burns Halifax.jpg
[3] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Burns
[4] http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php
[5] http://plepuc.org/en/print/1147
[6] http://plepuc.org/fr/oeuvre/robert-burns