91³Ô¹ÏÍø

Statue

Robert Burns

Erection date: 26/7/1884

Inscription

{On the front of the plinth:}
"The poetic genius of my country found me at the
plough - and threw her inspiring mantle over me she
bade me sing the loves, the joys, the rural scenes and
rural pleasures of my native soil in my native tongue:
I tuned my wild, artless notes as she inspired."

{On the paper at his feet at the left:}
"O sweet to stray, and pensive ponder a heartfelt sang."

{On the sculpture, at the back:}
Sir John Steell, Sculptor, 1881, Edinr.

{On a stone in the ground of the statue:}
The gift of John Gordon Crawford 1884.

Quill pen in hand. Unveiled by Lord Rosebery. This statue is one of 3 copies of that in Central Park, New York, the others being in Dundee and Dunedin, New Zealand. The head on the London statue is at a slightly different angle.

Site: Robert Burns (1 memorial)

WC2, Victoria Embankment Gardens

Comments are provided by Facebook, please ensure you are signed in to see them

This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Robert Burns

Subjects commemorated i

Robert Burns

Born Alloway, Ayrshire. Wrote in the Scots language, and also in a Scots dial...

91³Ô¹ÏÍø

This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Robert Burns

Created by i

John Gordon Crawford

A wealthy, early member of the Burns Club of London (founded 1868). Undiscove...

91³Ô¹ÏÍø

Lord Rosebery, Archibald Philip Primrose

Born 20 Charles Street. Prime Minister, 1894-5, and first Chairman of the Lon...

91³Ô¹ÏÍø

Sir John Steell

Born John Robert Steell, Aberdeen. Queen Victoria's official sculptor in Scot...

91³Ô¹ÏÍø

Nearby Memorials

Cordwainer statue

Cordwainer statue

EC4, Watling Street

Originally erected in the courtyard of St Mary le Bow church but it was moved here after a few years.  Prompted by this statue London Det...

1 subject commemorated, 14 creators
Dancer statue

Dancer statue

SW1, Millbank, 48

{Top plaque:} Jete (1975) by Enzo Plazzotta, unveiled by The Rt. Hon. The Earl of Gowrie, Minister for the Arts, in July 1985. {Lower pl...

1 subject commemorated, 3 creators
Millais statue

Millais statue

SW1, John Islip Street

Millais helped found the Tate Gallery in the building behind. Peter Duby points out that this statue is unusual in that it incorporate...

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
James McNeill Whistler statue

James McNeill Whistler statue

SW10, Cheyne Walk

After Whistler's death, the Chelsea Arts Club proposed that Auguste Rodin should create a memorial to him. The project foundered when a m...

1 subject commemorated, 2 creators
Queen Anne at Guildhall

Queen Anne at Guildhall

EC2, Basinghall Street, 71

Ornamental Passions has some more photos and information on these sculptures, and there we learn that this building is the 1870 Guildhall...

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator