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Repousse silver casket, Royal Burgh of Stirling, Scotland

MLA citation style
Stirling (Stirling, S. ). P., et al. Repousse Silver Casket, Royal Burgh Of Stirling, Scotland. no date. Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Department; Andrew Carnegie Birthplace Memorial, no date.
APA citation style
Stirling (Stirling, S. ). P., Stirling (Stirling, S. ). M., & Stirling (Stirling, S. ). C. (no date). Repousse silver casket, Royal Burgh of Stirling, Scotland. Retrieved from https://digitalarchives.powerlibrary.org/papd/islandora/object/papd%3Aacamu-acarc_356
Chicago citation style
Stirling (Stirling, Scotland). Provost, Scotland). Magistrates Stirling (Stirling, and Scotland). Councilors Stirling (Stirling. “Repousse Silver Casket, Royal Burgh Of Stirling, Scotland”, Carnegie Mellon University - Andrew Carnegie Online Archives, no date. https://digitalarchives.powerlibrary.org/papd/islandora/object/papd%3Aacamu-acarc_356.
Note: These citations are programmatically generated and may be incomplete.

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Title

Repousse silver casket, Royal Burgh of Stirling, Scotland

Subject

Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919--Miscellanea--Pictorial works.
Stirling (Stirling, Scotland). Provost.
Stirling (Stirling, Scotland). Magistrates.
Stirling (Stirling, Scotland). Councilors.
Industrialists--Charitable contributions--United States--Miscellanea--Pictorial works.
Philanthropists--United States--Miscellanea--Pictorial works.
Library benefactors--United States--Miscellanea--Pictorial works.
Carnegie libraries--Scotland--Stirling (Stirling)--Miscellanea--Pictorial works.
Public libraries--Scotland--Stirling (Stirling)--Miscellanea--Pictorial works.
Public libraries--Scotland--Miscellanea--Pictorial works.
Education--Scotland--Stirling (Stirling)--Endowments--Miscellanea--Pictorial works.
Universities and colleges--Scotland--Endowments--Miscellanea--Pictorial works.
Silver boxes--Pictorial works.
Ornamental boxes--Pictorial works.
Stirling (Stirling, Scotland)--Buildings, structures, etc.--Miscellanea--Pictorial works.
Stirling (Stirling, Scotland)--Miscellanea--Pictorial works.

Description

A photograph of the reverse side of an ornamental silver gilt casket for a burgess ticket from the Provost, Magistrates and Councilors of the Royal Burgh of Stirling, Scotland, receiving and admitting Andrew Carnegie to the "freedom of an honorary burgess" for his gift of a public library and "his unprecedented benefactions in connection with university education and the institution of public libraries in Scotland". The casket has ornamental decorations, engravings, a scene of a hillside with buildings at the top of the hill, the back of a figure sitting next to a globe of the world in a stand. Caption title.; "Reverse side."; On cardboard mount: 26 x 34 cm

Creator

Stirling (Stirling, Scotland). Provost
Stirling (Stirling, Scotland). Magistrates
Stirling (Stirling, Scotland). Councilors

Publisher

Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Department; Andrew Carnegie Birthplace Memorial

Type

Photograph; Image

Original Format

image/jpg

Identifier

CA-295
76934299

Language

English

Relation

Andrew Carnegie Benefactions Collection

Rights

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/

Contact

For further information about the collection or a specific item please visit the Carnegie Mellon University Libraries website at https://digitalcollections.library.cmu.edu/portal/help.jsp

Contributing Institution

Carnegie Mellon University

Sponsorship

This Digital Object is provided in a collection that is included in POWER Library: Pennsylvania Photos and Documents, which is funded by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries of Pennsylvania/Pennsylvania Department of Education.