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  • 23 Oct
    Collections

    Freedom is Best, Joan Sommerville

    This watercolour by Joan Somerville represents the followers of William Wallace awaiting the English army before the Battle of Stirling Bridge in 1297.  The Latin

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  • 09 Oct

    Chains and Slavery – The Craigengelt Slave Window

    This window in the church of the Holy Rude is dedicated to the memory of Provost John Dick of Craigengelt (died 12 April 1865) and

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  • 02 Oct

    Ship’s Compass, 1764

      Stirling was an important port until the 20th century. For that reason, many seafaring men retired here and some left their working tools to

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  • 25 Sep

    The Hay Harvest by M. Fleming Struthers

     Struthers was a prolific artist, who exhibited regularly in the Smith and in other local exhibitions.  Very little is known about him, and this is

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  • 19 Sep

    Professor Hans Meidner

    Hans 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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  • 04 Sep

    Flodden and the Ring and Sword of King James IV

    500 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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  • 28 Aug

    Beer Porters by Frank Brangwyn (1867 – 1956)

    This 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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  • 03 Jul
    Stirling Stories

    Alexander Bonar of Ratho (1750 – 1820), Sir Henry Raeburn

    Earlier 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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  • 27 Jun

    Celebrating Bannockburn

    The 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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