Skull and Crossbones Memento Mori (Mounted Size 10 inch by 12 inch)

Description

Skull and Crossbones Memento Mori A4 Mounted Print

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Memento mori, or reminders of death, and frequently feature on Scottish gravestones of the 17th and 18th centuries. One of the most common is the skull and crossbones. These are often interpreted as marking a grave of someone who died of the plague or a pirate, they have nothing to do with the former, and are only loosely connected with the latter. The skull and crossbones flag we now associate with pirates were first used on gravestones in Scotland and Ireland and had nothing to do with pirates, but was borrowed by the Irish pirate Edward English in the early 18th century as a way to show his enemies they risked death if they fought them. This example of a skull and crossbones memento mori comes from an old gravestone in the churchyard of the 18th century Curmunnock Parish Church on the southern edge of Glasgow.

The print itself is 7.25 inches by 9 inches (18.5 cm by 23cm), and it comes mounted in a white 1.5 inch (3.5 cm) mount with a total size of 10 inches by 12 inches (25.5 cm by 30.5cm).