[7] Their graves were probably originally unmarked; the monument lies on the north side of Dunfermline Abbey and—amongst nearby smaller, sandstone markers—is a distinctive red granite Celtic cross.

[4] The invitation to be an official member of the Brotherhood was turned down by Paton[4] although he painted in the Pre-Raphaelite style and became a painter of historical, fairy, allegorical and religious subjects.

[6] Other commissions to design book illustrations included the 1844 edition of Shelley's lyrical drama Prometheus Unbound, an 1845 publication of Shakespeare's The Tempest and an 1863 version of Coleridge's poem The Rime of the Ancient Mariner.

[5] In 1859 he raised and commanded the 1st Edinburgh (City) Artillery Volunteer Corps, composed mainly of artists with the painter John Faed as his lieutenant.

[19] In 1875 Paton was one of the founding members of the Cockburn Association, the influential Edinburgh conservationist organisation, serving on its ruling council until 1885 when he became the campaigning group's vice-president, a position he retained until his death 16 years later.

[20] He died in Edinburgh at his home 33 George Square[21] on 26 December 1901,[5] and is buried in Dean Cemetery[6] (in the obscured lower terrace to the south).

[21][22] Another son, Ranald Alexander Noel Paton (born 8 June 1864), also a portrait painter, who married Winifred Jane Wallace.