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Professor Hans Meidner
Read moreHans Meidner was a well-known and respected figure during his life in Stirling. He was German by birth but his anti-Nazi activities forced him to
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Flodden and the Ring and Sword of King James IV
Read more500 years ago on 9 September 1513, the Scottish army was defeated at Flodden. King James IV, and an estimated 10,000 men – including two
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Beer Porters by Frank Brangwyn (1867 – 1956)
Read moreThis scene may be familiar to older readers of the Observer in more ways than one. Stirling was at one time a brewing centre, and
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Alexander Bonar of Ratho (1750 – 1820), Sir Henry Raeburn
Read moreEarlier this year, the Stirling Smith received an important bequest of a Raeburn portrait from the late Bruce Ritchie of Allan Park. Sir Henry Raeburn
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Celebrating Bannockburn
Read moreThe 700th anniversary of the Battle of Bannockburn, 23-24 June 1314, is now less than a year away. Pictured here is a flower covered car
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Stirling Ale – Cheers to our Beers
Read moreIn the 15th century, Stirling was so famed for its brewing trade, that the burgh was granted the holding “the Scottish pinte or standard jug
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Unveiling the Raeburn
Read moreThe Smith’s first portrait by Sir Henry Raeburn, a bequest by the late Bruce Ritchie of Allan Park, was unveiled by the Right Honourable Sir
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Margaret Shirra and Son
Read moreWe know little of the details of this mother and child portrait, which is in the Smith collections and is currently on show in the
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Agnes Smith Greig, George Harvey and Sir Daniel McNee
Read moreFor the next few weeks, portraits of Stirling people from the Stirling Smith collections are on show in the Smith. This is the engagement
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