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The Quartercentenary celebrations 1906

On the 27th of September 1906, the City of Aberdeen welcomed King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra to open the new buildings at Marischal College, amidst some of the most extravagant celebrations and expressions of civic pride ever demonstrated in Aberdeen.

Although the University was founded in 1495, the completion…

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George Jamesone's Lybica and Aegyptiaca & the representation of race

In 1641, twelve paintings representing the Sibyls were gifted to King’s College by Principal William Guild. A receipt found in the archives implied the identity of the original artist to be George Jamesone (Pryor 2002:61) but affirmed that during the 18th century the works had been restored and repainted by the…

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Envisioning Women: Stories from the George Washington Wilson collection - The Skene Street School Photograph

The Skene Street School Photograph

Written by Dr Alison McCall, former Chair of Women’s History Scotland and a participant in the Mapping Memorials to Women project, this blog post explores one of the most striking photographs in the online exhibition, Envisioning Women’s Places: Photographs from the George Washington Wilson Collection. Alison documents her…

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Curating online: Our 'Envisioning Women's Places' exhibition

Envisioning Women’s Places: Photographs from the George Washington Wilson Collection – an exhibition of photographs of women from the Victorian and Edwardian eras – was due to be on display in the Sir Duncan Rice Library this year. But, due to Covid, the display had to move online instead.

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