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The work was made at Powderhall Bronze foundry.

Title

Oor Wullie

Date

2016

Medium

bronze

Accession number

DD1_DO_S035

Acquisition method

commissioned by Dundee City Council with support from DC Thomson & Co Ltd

Work type

Statue

Owner

Dundee District Council

Access

at all times

Inscription description

on base, plus cartoon character and page from 'Oor Wullie' comic: Tae Rabbie Burns / You up there are a hero of mine / The jeenyass who wrote 'Auld Lang Syne' / But 'Ae Fond Kiss turned Primrose's head, / And she caught me by the skail bike shed, / So when I get oot o' her hug, / My pea-shooter's going tae ping yen lug! / Wullie

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