Medal (Reverse), commemorating Sir Walter Scott

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This is the reverse of a bronze medal commemorating Sir Walter Scott. The medal was designed by A.J. Stothart and produced in London in 1827 by S. Parker.

The reverse depicts a female figure leaning against a pillar on top of which is a banner inscribed, 'To great men'.

Influential throughout Europe and America, Scott is known as the father of the historical novel. Born in Edinburgh in 1771, he trained as a lawyer but was drawn to writing. His first major publication was 'The Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border' in 1802-3.

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• Online ID: 000-190-001-974-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  H.1949.971
• Date: 1827
  
• Material: Bronze
  Medal, commemorative
  
• Dimensions: 62 mm
  
• What: Medal, commemorative
  
• Subject: Medals (NMAS Classification)
  
• Who: A.J. Stothard (Maker)
  S. Parker (Publisher)
  Sir Francis Legatt Chantrey, 1781 - 1841
  Sir Walter Scott
  T. Stothard
  
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• Description: Bronze medal of Sir Walter Scott, by A.J. Stothard after F.L. Chantrey and T. Stothard, and published by S. Parker, 1827
  
• References:
  • Cochran-Patrick (1884) 
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