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The Edinburgh-born poet, novelist and critic Scott was an immensely successful writer before turning to the great historical romances for which he is now best known. Works like Waverley (1814) and Rob Roy (1817) had a seminal impact on the creation of Scotland's national identity. A passionate Tory, a proud landowner and a co-founder of the Quarterly Review, with Byron, Scott was among the most popular and commercially successful writers of his age. Although a prolific novelist of great influence, his later years were dogged by the need to pay off the colossal debts incurred by his business partner. An animal painter, whose later work is indebted to Scott's tales, the 22-year-old Landseer developed this sketch during his first visit to Abbotsford, Scott's baronial estate.
Title
Sir Walter Scott, 1st Bt
Date
c.1824
Medium
oil on panel
Measurements
H 29.2 x W 24.1 cm
Accession number
391
Acquisition method
Given by Albert Grant, Baron Grant (né Abraham Gottheimer), 1874
Work type
Painting