bronze, signed on base GEO. A. LAWSON. 1891 (height: 36cm) Note: This is a bronze reduction copy of the fine statue of Robert Burns erected in Burns Statue Square, Ayr, by George A. Lawson. The original was unveiled in 1891. Lawson's statue was widely regarded as the most successful statue of Burns sculpted, and was the model for many other such statues around the world notably in Melbourne (Australia), Detroit (USA) and Vancouver, Montreal and Winnipeg (Canada).