Figure of Sir Walter Scott with his Wolfhound Maida: C.4-1973

People, subjects and objects depicted

• Figure group
• Scott, Walter, Sir
• Hound

Materials used in production

Parian (porcelain)

Techniques used in production

Slip casting : Parian porcelain, slip cast

Inscription or legends present

• Text: 'COPELAND'
• Location: On the side of the base on the back
• Method of creation: Impressed
• Type: Factory mark

• Text: 'J STEELL Sculp/EDIN.1850'
• Location: On the back, on the rocky seat
• Type: Inscription

• Text: 'ASSOCIATION/FOR/THE PROMOTION OF/THE FINE ARTS/EDINBURGH'
• Location: On the rear left-hand corner of the underside
• Method of creation: In brown
• Type: Inscription

References and bibliographic entries

• The Illustrated Guide to Victorian Parian China page(s): 72
• The Lamp of Memory: Scott and the Artist page(s): 72
• Plagiarism Personified? European Pottery and Porcelain Figures page(s): 28
• Parian, Copeland's Statuary Porcelain page(s): 116
• The Contents of Trelissick House including The Copeland China Collection

Related exhibitions

• The Lamp of the Memory: Scott and the Artist
• Plagiarism Personified? European Pottery and Porcelain Figures

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.4-1973
Primary reference Number: 137167
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Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts