Robert Burns

Charles Calverley

1890, cast 1891 · Bronze · The American Wing

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.

Artist

Charles Calverley

Date

1890, cast 1891

Medium

Bronze

Culture

American

Department

The American Wing

Credit line

Gift of Andrew Carnegie, 1891