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

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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: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  H.1986.47
• Date: 1844
  
• Material: Pewter or white metal
  Medal, commemorative
  
• 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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