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Old Mortality (Robert Paterson, 1715–1801)

John Currie (1816–1879)

The Museum, Newton Stewart

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Old Mortality was the nickname of Robert Paterson, a stonemason who took it upon himself to travel around lowland Scotland carving inscriptions for the unmarked graves of Covenanters, martyred in the seventeenth century. He is the subject of a novel by Sir Walter Scott.

The Museum, Newton Stewart

Newton Stewart

Title

Old Mortality

Medium

stone

Measurements

H 80 x W 168 x D 72 cm

Accession number

ART01

Work type

Sculpture

Inscription description

accompanyng sign: OLD MORTALITY 1713–1801

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York Road, Newton Stewart, Dumfries and Galloway DG8 6HH Scotland

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Artist or maker

John Currie

1816–1879

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