Blighty

Description

'Blighty', a bronze statuette on a granite plinth depicting a soldier in field service marching order, modelled on the Seaforth Highlanders it was completed 1919

Museum reference

M.1934.56

Object name

Statuette

Date

1919

Materials

Bronze, Granite

Physical description

Bronze; granite plinth

Associations

British land forces: Seaforth Highlanders
World War I

Exhibitions

• Common Cause: Commonwealth Scots and the Great War (11 Jul 2014 - 12 Oct 2014)
  National Museum of Scotland

• Scotland: A Changing Nation (01 Jul 2008)
  National Museum of Scotland

• Fonn's Duthchas: Land and Legacy (13 Jan 2007 - 01 Dec 2007)
  Highland Museums, Inverness Museum and Art Gallery
  Kelvingrove Museum and Art Gallery
  National Museums of Scotland
  Museum nan Eilean

References

Hussey, C., Tait McKenzie. A sculptor of youth, London: Country Life Ltd., 1929, pp.54-56

On display

national museum of scotland »
level 6 »
scotland galleries »
scotland, a changing nation »
war