Robert Burns Statue; Bernard Street / Constitution Street, Leith (1) - South side with one of four bronze plaques on each face of plinth. (Two added in 1901)

Erected by Leith Burns Club in 1898, unveiled on October 15th by Mr. RC Munro Ferguson, MP. At the ceremony it was offered to the Lord Provost of Leith who accepted it on behalf of the burgh. The sculptor was D.W. Stevenson RSA, and was cast at the foundry of J.W. Singer and Sons. Bronze plaques : South 'The priest like father reads the sacred page. From scenes like those old Scotia's grandeur springs, that makes her loved at home, revered abroad'. East 'When Vulcan gies his bellows breath an' plowmen gather wi' their graith'. West 'In order on the clean hearth staine, the luggies three are ranged,' and 'Hallowe'een'. North 'I there wi' something did foregather that pat me in an eerie swither'. Incised in stone (S) 'BURNS 1759-1796','Erected under the auspices of Leith Burns Club, 1898.'; (E) D.W. Stevenson RSA Sc'; (W) Presented by William Tulloch'; (N) ' Presented by Robert Meikle'. The bronze plaque on the South side quotes 'The priest like father reads the sacred page. From scenes like those old Scotia's grandeur springs, that makes her loved at home, revered abroad' From The Cotter's Saturday Night (1785-6 ) Incised in stone (S) 'BURNS 1759-1796','Erected under the auspices of Leith Burns Club, 1898.'

Collection

Treasures: Monuments, Memorials and Sculpture in Edinburgh

Inventory Number

4502975

Title

Robert Burns Statue; Bernard Street / Constitution Street, Leith (1) - South side with one of four bronze plaques on each face of plinth. (Two added in 1901)

Object Type

PhysicalObject

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