Details of Sculptor

Surname

Anderson

Alternative Surname

First Name

David, of Perth

Initial of Surname

A

Year of Birth/Baptism

1804

Flourished

Year of Death

1847

Biographical Details

He was born in Perth in 1804 and from 1837 to 1845 worked as a marble and stone carver at County Place, Perth. He had considerable local success with a statue of Tam O’Shanter (2). In 1846, he moved to Liverpool, where in 1847 he exhibited several groups of stone (2-4). He died there of typhoid in the same year and was buried in Perth. The Gentleman’s Magazine, described him as ‘the celebrated Perthshire statuary, a man of great ability as an artist’(GM, 1847, ii, 668) while the Liverpool Mercury stated that ‘like most men of genius he was modest, retiring, plain and unassuming’ (October 1847). His only known surviving works are a series of sandstone statues depicting characters from Scottish literature in the grounds of Fingask Castle (2-7) and a monument commemorating David, Viscount Stormont at Scone Palace (1). He was survived by a son, William Anderson, who inherited his business.
Literary References: Gunnis 1968, 17; Woodward 1977, vol 1, pt 2,7