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A white marble bust of James Robert Hope-Scott, Q.C., 3rd son of Sir Alexander Hope, G.C.B. and husband of Sir Walter Scott's granddaughter Charlotte, with draped shoulders, signed and dated.

Abbotsford House

Melrose

Title

James Robert Hope-Scott (1812–1873)

Date

1876

Medium

marble

Measurements

H 70 x W 50 x D 30 cm

Accession number

T.AT.3402

Acquisition method

presented to Mrs Maxwell-Scott after the death of her father and placed at Abbotsford, 1876

Work type

Bust

Inscription description

To Mary Monica Maxwell Scott This Bust of her Father James R. Hope Scott, Q.C. is given by his sister in law Caroline G. Hope, and her children in memory of the many kindnesses show them by him. 1876

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