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Sir Walter Scott

Sir Francis Chantry (1781-1841) was originally from Sheffield and was a leading sculptor in the early 19th Century. He considered his bust of Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832), carved in 1820, to be one his finest works and he made two replicas that were owned by Sir Robert Peel and the Duke of Wellington. The original is at Abbotsford where Sir Walter Scott died in September 1832. This bust is most likely a copy by another sculptor in the style of Chantry.