Field Visit
Date 9 November 1999
Event ID 612446
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/612446
Potrait bust of Andrew Carnegie, bearded, looking upwards, wearing bow tie, jacket and collared waistcoat, set on double base of different coloured marble with an aedicular wall niche with panels and moulding (painted).
Andrew Carnegie laid the foundation stone of the Central Library on 9 July 1887.
In 1886 Andrew Carnegie offered £25,000, later increased to £50,000, for the establishment of a free Central Library in Edinburgh, provided the city adopt the Public Libraries Act.. This was accepted by the city.
Inscriptions : On brown marble base at front: CARNEGIE
Signatures : None Visible
Design period : 1891
Information from Public Monuments and Sculpture Association (PMSA Work Ref : EDIN0126)
