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More Smithsonian Searches     Who else has...     Gamley, Henry Snell,     DuBois, William,     Alexis Rudier Fondeur,     W. S. Higman,     Portrait male -- Burns, Robert     Occupation -- Writer     Ethnic -- Scottish     Dress -- Historic     Object -- Written Matter     Outdoor Sculpture -- Wyoming -- Cheyenne     Sculpture

Robert Burns, (sculpture). Artist:  Gamley, Henry Snell, 1865-1928, sculptor. DuBois, William, architect. Alexis Rudier Fondeur, founder. W. S. Higman, fabricator. Title:  Robert Burns, (sculpture). Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 96 x 36 x 40 in.; Base: approx. 144 x 150 x 150 in. Inscription:  (Bottom edge of statue, proper left side:) HENRY SNELL GAMLEY, R. S. A., SCULPTOR, EDINBURGH/SCOTLAND. BORN 2ND APRIL 1865. DIED 25TH OCTOBER 1928. (Back right corner, lower edge, southwest side:) Alexis Rudier,/Foundeur, Paris (On front of base:) ROBERT BURNS/"FROM SCENES LIKE THESE OLD SCOTIA'S GRANDEUR SPRINGS/THAT MAKES HER LOV'D AT HOME, REVER'D ABROAD/PRINCES AND LORDS ARE BUT THE BREATH OF KINGS./'AN HONEST MAN'S THE NOBLEST WORK OF GOD'"/DONATED BY MARY GILCHRIST,/TO THE CITY OF CHEYENNE, WYOMING, A. D. 1928. (Bronze plaque on base:) WILLIAM DUBOIS/ARCHITECT/TRUSTEES FOR BURNS MEMORIAL/MARSHALL S. REYNOLDS/GEORGE E. BRIMMER DANIEL W. GILL/W. S. HIGMAN, BUILDER (On base, southwest side:) ROBERT BURNS signed Founder's mark appears. Description:  Standing figure of a man in eighteenth-century dress, holding a book in his proper left hand. Figure is hatless, wears unbuttoned coat, vest, knee-length pants, stockings, and shoes. He stands in contapposto with proper left leg bent and placed slightly forward; proper left arm is bent and hand props book against proper left hip. Figure stands atop a tall, four-sided base which flares outwards towards the bottom. Subject:  Portrait male -- Burns, Robert -- Full length Occupation -- Writer -- Poet Ethnic -- Scottish Dress -- Historic -- Eighteenth Century Dress Object -- Written Matter -- Book Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Wyoming -- Cheyenne Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of Cheyenne, Parks and Recreation Department, 2121 O'Neil, Cheyenne, Wyoming 82002 Located Triangular park at Pioneer & Randall Avenues & 26th Street, Cheyenne, Wyoming Provenance:  Donated by Gilchrist, Mary, 1928. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Wyoming survey, 1993. Illustration:  Image on file. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAS WY000023   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture WY000023 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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