Robert Burns

Charles Calverley American
 Cast by Henry-Bonnard Bronze Company

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 774

Calverley modeled this portrait bust of Robert Burns (1759–1796) in 1890, two years after his bronze full-length statue of the Scottish poet was unveiled in Washington Park in Albany, New York. Scottish-born steel magnate Andrew Carnegie was an admirer of Burns and, aware of Calverley’s statue, commissioned from him a life-size bust of the poet for his library. Carnegie was so pleased with the result that in 1891 he ordered a second bronze cast for the Metropolitan Museum.

Robert Burns, Charles Calverley (American, Albany, New York 1833–1914 Essex Fells, New Jersey), Bronze, American

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Robert Burns, Charles Calverley (American, Albany, New York 1833–1914 Essex Fells, New Jersey), Bronze, American
Robert Burns, Charles Calverley (American, Albany, New York 1833–1914 Essex Fells, New Jersey), Bronze, American

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