Lincoln Home National Historic Site

Parian Ware Bust of Robert Burns
1845-1855

Lincoln’s favorite poet was Robert Burns. He often quoted lines from a poem to friends. The bust sits on a whatnot in the Front Parlor in tribute to that admiration.

Fired, unglazed porcelain. H 20.3, W 13, D 8 cm
Lincoln Home National Historic Site, LIHO 1216



Parian Ware Bust of Robert Burns 1845-1855 Lincoln’s favorite poet was Robert Burns. He often quoted lines from a poem to friends. The bust sits on a whatnot in the Front Parlor in tribute to that admiration. Fired, unglazed porcelain. H 20.3, W 13, D 8 cm Lincoln Home National Historic Site, LIHO 1216
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