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More Smithsonian Searches     Who else has...     Steell, John, Sir,     Portrait male -- Scott, Walter     Object -- Written Matter     Animal -- Dog     Occupation -- Writer     Occupation -- Writer     Ethnic -- Scottish     Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- New York     Sculpture

Sir Walter Scott Memorial, (sculpture). Artist:  Steell, John, Sir, 1804-1891, sculptor. Title:  Sir Walter Scott Memorial, (sculpture). Dates:  Original ca. 1845. 1871. Dedicated Nov. 2, 1872. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: bronze: Base: Peterhead granite. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 8 ft. 10 in. x 5 ft. x 7 ft. 1 in.; Base: 8 ft. 2 in. x 13 ft. 6 in. x 15 ft. 6 in. Inscription:  Jn. Steell R.S.A. Sculpt. Enin R. 1871 (On front of base:) WALTER SCOTT (Rear of base:) MACDONALD FIELD & CO/GRANITE WORKS ABERDEEN SCOT (Lower front of base:) JOHN STEEL R.S.A./EDINBURGH.SCULP (Rear of base:) PRESENTED TO CITY OF NEW YORK/BY RESIDENT SCOTSMEN AND THEIR SONS/ON THE 15TH AUGUST 1871/THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BIRTH OF/SIR WALTER SCOTT. BARONET. signed Description:  Scott is seated on a rock, both hands on a book which rests on his proper left leg. He holds a writing instrument between the fingers of his proper right hand. His dog is at his feet on his proper left side. The dog looks up at Scott who is wrapped in a blanket. Subject:  Portrait male -- Scott, Walter -- Full length Object -- Written Matter -- Book Animal -- Dog Occupation -- Writer -- Poet Occupation -- Writer -- Novelist Ethnic -- Scottish Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- New York Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of New York, Department of Parks and Recreation, The Arsenal - Central Park, New York, New York 10021 Located Central Park, Mall, south, New York, New York 10021 Remarks:  Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832) was a novelist and poet in Scotland during the 19th century. He is celebrated for his development of the historical novel of romantic tales. He is known for his 1814 Waverley series,novels such as "Ivanhoe," and poems such as "The Lay of the Last Minstrel," and The Lady of the Lake." This sculpture was a gift of New York Scottish Americans who asked Steell to create a bronze cast of his original marble sculpture of Scott unveiled in Edinburgh in 1845. References:  Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985 The City of New York, Department of Parks, 1941. Gayle, Margot & Michele Cohen, "Guide to Manhattan's Outdoor Sculpture," New York: Prentice Hall, 1988, pg. 205. Save Outdoor Sculpture, New York, New York survey, 1993. Illustration:  Image on file. Gayle, Margot & Michele Cohen, "Guide to Manhattan's Outdoor Sculpture," New York: Prentice Hall, 1988, pg. 205. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAS 76003545   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 76003545 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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