Medal (reverse) commemorating the Grand Festival in honour of Robert Burns

This is the reverse of a medal commemorating the Grand Festival in honour of Robert Burns on the banks of the River Doon on 6 August 1844. The medal is made of pewter or white metal.

The reverse is inscribed 'NOW DO THY SPEEDY UTMOST MEG' / 'AND WIN THE KEY-STANE OF THE BRIG' and 'PUBLISHD. BY S. WOOLFIELD / 28 BUCHANAN ST /GLASGOW'.

A tenant farmer and often struggling, Burns found time to write and in 1786 published the famous 'Kilmarnock edition' of his poetry. It was immediately successful and when he visited Edinburgh he was lionised by society.

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Online ID:	000-190-000-241-C
Image Rights Holder:	National Museums Scotland
Project:	0098: National Museums Scotland Project description \| View all records in project
Ref:	National Museums Scotland H.1986.47
Date:	1844
Material:	Pewter or white metal
Dimensions:	48 mm D x 2.5 mm deep
What:	Medal, commemorative
Subject:	Medals (NMAS Classification)
Who:	Robert Burns S. Woolfield, 28 Buchanan Street, Glasgow (Publisher)
Where:	Scotland, Lanarkshire, Glasgow Scotland, River Doon, Alloway
Event:
Description:	Pewter or white metal medal of the Robert Burns Festival on the banks of the Doon, 1844, published by S. Woolfield
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