A Biographical Dictionary of Sculptors in Britain, 1660-1851
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Surname
Burns
Alternative Surname
First Name
Initial of Surname
B
Year of Birth/Baptism
Flourished
c1800?
Year of Death
Biographical Details
Robert Adam’s sale of 1818 included ‘ten tablets and parts of friezes modelled by Burns’, followed by ‘thirteen ditto by Adam, Rose and Burn [sic]’ (1).
Literary References: Gunnis 1968, 72
Auction References: Adam 1818, 1, lots 3-4
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