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Sir Walter Scott

Sculptor: Gamley, Henry Snell, RSA · 1865-1928

It appears to be one of a series of small busts of famous Scottish persons produced by Gamley between 1905 and 1908, which included also Mary Queen of Scots and Robert Louis Stevenson and which were probably intended for casting and sale commercially. Vide; http://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/henry-snell-gamley-1865-1928-,-a-bronze-bust-of-83-c-31ead5e29d for an identical copy in bronze on a shallow, shaped ebony plinth sold at Mallams auctioneers, Abingdon, 2009-02-21, lot 83 (illus)

Object data

Date	1907
Accession	2007.002
Materials	Sculpture plaster
Dimensions	12.6cm x 10.6cm x 5cm

Exhibitions

No exhibition data for this record.
Sitters
Scott, Sir Walter

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