Robert Burns In Sydney

[auld argonian]

Here's a quick link to a photo of the Burns statue in Garfield Park in Chicago:

http://138.23.124.164/images/kmast2/...ls/ku92274.jpg

I think that it's one side of a stereograph and was probably taken some time ago...the statue is listed as having been dedicated in 1909. Interesting to see the different "takes" on the romantic image of the Poet. Love the hat on the Sydney statue...must have warned him about the sun.

Best

AA

[macwilkin]

Following AA's example, here is some information about the Burns Statue in St. Louis, just to the West of Forest Park on the Washington University grounds:

http://www.art-stl.com/PublicArtDetail.cfm?PID=11

Not the best photo in the world, but it gets the job done...I like the fact that Sydney's statue has Burns beside a plough, in tribute to "the ploughman-lad borth 'neath a roof o' strae..."

Cheers,

Todd