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    		• Lawson, George Anderson,
     
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    		• Burton (Firm),
     
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    		• Perry Bros. Granite Company,
     
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    		• Cartwright Brothers Granite Company,
     
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    		• Portrait male -- Burns, Robert
     
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    		• Occupation -- Writer
     
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    		• Ethnic -- Scottish
     
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    		• Literature -- Burns
     
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    		• Figure group -- Family
     
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    		• Recreation -- Leisure
     
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    		• Architecture interior -- Domestic
     
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    		• Allegory -- Time
     
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    		• Allegory -- Death
     
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    		• Equestrian
     
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    		• Occupation -- Farm
     
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    		• Landscape -- Farm
     
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    		• Relief
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Michigan -- Detroit
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Robert Burns, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Lawson, George Anderson, 1832-1904, sculptor.
    Burton (Firm), founder.
    Perry Bros. Granite Company, contractor.
    Cartwright Brothers Granite Company, contractor.
    Title: 
    Robert Burns, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1921. Dedicated July 23, 1921.
    Digital Reference: 
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    Medium: 
    Figure: bronze; Base: New Hampshire white granite; Relief plaques: bronze.
    Dimensions: 
    Figure: approx. 9 x 3 x 3 ft.; Base: approx. 9 x 13 x 13 ft.; Relief plaques: each approx. H. 19 in. W. 29 in.
    Inscription: 
    (On proper right side of plinth, at rear, incised:) G. A. LAWSON Sc (On bronze plaque on front of base, raised:) BURNS (On proper left side of base, below bronze plaque, incised:) "FROM SCENES LIKE THESE/OLD SCOTIA'S GRANDEUR SPRINGS" (On back of base, below bronze plaque, incised:) "NAE MAN CAN TETHER TIME NOR TIDE" (On proper right side of base, below bronze plaque, incised:) "WEE, MODEST, CRIMSON-TIPPED FLOWER,/THOU'S MET ME IN AN EVIL HOUR" signed
    Description: 
    Portrait of Robert Burns standing with his arms crossed and his proper right leg forward. He wears knee-britches and a waistcoat. Inset bronze relief plaques on the sides and back of the base illustrate verses from various poems by Burns. The relief on the proper left side of the base depicts a family of six figures, grouped in front of a stove while the father reads. The relief on the back of the base illustrates dead souls trying to catch time, represented by a rider on a fast horse. The relief on the proper right side of the base shows a farmer with two horses and a plow in a field.
    Subject: 
    Portrait male -- Burns, Robert -- Full length
    Occupation -- Writer -- Poet
    Ethnic -- Scottish
    Literature -- Burns
    Figure group -- Family
    Recreation -- Leisure -- Reading
    Architecture interior -- Domestic -- House
    Allegory -- Time
    Allegory -- Death
    Equestrian
    Occupation -- Farm -- Sowing
    Landscape -- Farm
    Object Type: 
    Relief
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Michigan -- Detroit
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of Detroit, Parks and Recreation Department, Landscape Division, 2008 Water Board Building, 735 Randolph Street, Detroit, Michigan 48226
    Located Cass Park, Second Avenue & Temple Street, Detroit, Michigan
    Remarks: 
    Robert Burns (1759-1796) was a national poet of Scotland. This sculpture is a cast of the Robert Burns sculpture by George Anderson Lawson that is located at Ayr, Scotland (Burns' birthplace), and was unveiled in 1891. This cast was erected by Detroit's Burns Club and the Jean Armour Club (Ladies Auxiliary Club). The sculpture was dedicated 1921 with a parade led by Walter Scott, a descendent of Scottish writer Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832).
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Michigan survey, 1993.
    Detroit Historical Museum, City of Detroit Monuments, 2004.
    Nawrocki, Dennis Alan, "Art in Detroit Public Places," Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1980, pg. 100.
    National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, MI5004, 1989.
    Monumental News, Jan. 1913, pg. 61.
    Monumental News, March 1922, pg. 164, cover.
    Inventory staff, 2000.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Nawrocki, Dennis Alan, "Art in Detroit Public Places," Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1980, pg. 100.
    Monumental News, March 1922, cover.
    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 87840028
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