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Title
Robert Burns (1759–1796)
Date
1882
Medium
Carrara marble on ashlar
Accession number
DG1_SL_S004
Acquisition method
funded by public subscription
Work type
Statue
Owner
Dumfries & Galloway Council
Custodian
Dumfries & Galloway Council
Work status
extant
Listing status
B (Scotland)
Unveiling date
6th April 1882
Listing date
11/07/61
Access
at all times
Inscription description
front face, carved in stone plinth: ROBERT BURNS 1759 -1796; plaque 1: THE HEART AY'S THE PART AY / THAT MAKES US RIGHT OR WRANG / KNOW PRUDENT, CAUTIOUS, SELF CONTROL / IS WISDOM ROOT. / THE RANK IS BUT THE GUINEAS STAMP/ THE MAN'S THE COWD FOR A THAT / TO MAKE A HAPPY FIRESIDE CLIME / TO WEANS AND WIFE / THAT'S THE TRUE PATHOS AND SUBLIME / OF HUMAN LIFE.; plaque 2: MAN'S INHUMANITY TO MAN MAKE COUNTLESS THOUSANDS MOURN. / AFFLICATIONS SONS ARE BROTHERS IN DISTRESS / A BROTH TO RELIEVE NOW EXQUISITE THE BLESS! / IT'S COMIN YET FOR A THAT / THAT MAN TO MAN THE WORLD / O'ER / SHALL BRITHERS BE FOR A THAT.; plaque 3: O SCOTIA! MY DEAR MY NATIVE SOIL! FOR WHOM MY WARMEST WISH TO HEAVEN SENT! / EVIN THEN A WISH (I MIND ITS POWER) A WISH THAT TO MY LATEST HOUR / SHALL STRONGLY HEAVE MY BREAST / THAT I FOR POOR AULD SCOTLANDS SAKE / SOME USEFUL PLAN OR BOOK COULD MAKE / OR SING A SANG AT LEAST.; plaque 4: ERECTED / BY INHABITANTS OF DUMFRIES / (WITH THE AID OF MANY FRIENDS) AS A / LOVING TRIBUTE TO THEIR FELLOW TOWNSMAN / THE NATIONAL POET OF SCOTLAND / 6TH APRIL 1882
Church Crescent, Dumfries
DG1 1BS
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