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General view
F 12155
Description General view
Date 1975 to 1976
Collection List C Survey
Catalogue Number F 12155
Category Photographs and Off-line Digital Images
Copies SC 383692, SC 1635045
Scope and Content Ambition Fountain, Pittencrieff House, Pittencrieff Park, Dunfermline, Fife Pittencrieff House was built in about 1635 for Sir Alexander Clerk of Pittencrief. It was bought in 1902 by Andrew Carnegie who presented it to the nation in 1903. In 1909-11 Robert S Lorimer converted it to a museum and club. The Ambition Fountain, left, was made in 1908 by Richard Goulden. It depicts a youth personifying 'Ambition' and was probably intended to encourage people to follow Andrew Carnegie's example. Andrew Carnegie (1835-1914) was born in Dunfermline and emigrated to the United States to make his fortune. He returned home as a rich philanthropist, and funded projects for the public good, like parks and museums. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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Attribution: © Crown Copyright: HES. (List C Survey).
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