Lot 783: Sir John Steell RSA, 1804-1891,

A 19th Century bronze statue of Robert Burns,
depicted sitting on a tree stump, his head raised, beneath his feet is a scroll inscribed with a passage of his poetry, on an integral rectangular plinth base, 49cm high 28cm wide 33cm deep.

During the mid 1880's Sir John Steell cast four almost identical life size sculptures of Burns of which the present lot is a replica. They are situated in New York (Central Park), London (the Embankment Gardens), Dundee (Constitution Road) and lastly in Dunedin, New Zealand.

The inscription on the scroll at Burns' feet is the first verse of 'To Mary in Heaven' which was composed in 1789.