page_title: Andrew Currie (sculptor)
hierarchical_section_title: Andrew Currie (sculptor)
caption_attribution_description: English: Monument to the explorer of Africa, Mungo Park, who was born at Foulshiels four miles from Selkirk. His statue holds a scroll inscribed with the words "Die on the Niger", a phrase taken from his last letter sent after the death of two of his comrades and before his final journey down the river. "Though all the Europeans who are with me should die, and though I were myself half dead, I would still persevere; and if I could not succeed in the object of my journey, I would at least die on the Niger"
context_page_description: Andrew Currie was a Scottish sculptor and antiquarian. His most noted works are the statue of James Hogg at St Mary's Loch, the statue of Robert the Bruce on the esplanade at Stirling Castle, and the figures of Edie Ochiltree and Old Mortality on the Scott Monument.
context_section_description: Andrew Currie (1812–1891) was a Scottish sculptor and antiquarian. His most noted works are the statue of James Hogg at St Mary's Loch (1860) (sometimes called the Ettrick Shepherd), the statue of Robert the Bruce on the esplanade at Stirling Castle (1876), and the figures of Edie Ochiltree and Old Mortality on the Scott Monument.
caption: The Mungo Park Monument in Selkirk, Scotland by Andrew Currie
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