A. D. White Russian Belll
- Title:
- A. D. White Russian Belll
- Collection:
- Campus Artifacts, Art & Memorabilia
- Creator:
- Unknown
- Donor:
- White, Andrew Dickson
- Photographer:
- Espinosa de los Monteros, Pamela
- Date:
- 1894
- Acquisition Date:
- 1894
- Location:
- Uris Library, Andrew D. White Library, Cornell University
- Country:
- Russia
- ID Number:
- artsdb_0696
- Accession Number:
- W84-140.2
- File Name:
- artsdb_0696.jpg
- Culture:
- Russian
- Work Type:
- bells (idiophones)
- Subject:
- Chimes (bells)
White, Andrew Dickson, 1832-1918
Russia - Image View Type:
- General
- Image View Description:
- Front view
- Measurement:
- 3 (feet, height)
- Description:
- Presented to Andrew Dickson White First President of Cornell University (1866-1885) when he was Ambassador to Russia (1892-1894)." Text on bell: "Caellum non animum mutant/ Qui trans mare currunt. They change their clime not their disposition/ Who run beyond the sea. From Horace, Epistles, Book 1, Epistle 2." Prior to library renovation, 1961-62, this bell was rung at evening closing. Andrew D. White Library, Uris Library. More information on this bell may be found in: http://cdsun.library.cornell.edu/cgi-bin/newscornell?a=d&d=CDS18940927.1.5&e=01-09-1894-29-09-1894-80--20--1----Bell-article%2cadvertisement%2cillustration This bell is occasionally incorrectly referred to as the Fewston Bell.
- Source:
- "The Andrew D. White Bell," Cornell Daily Sun, September 27, 1894, http://cdsun.library.cornell.edu/cgi-bin/newscornell?a=d&d=CDS18940927.1.5&e=01-09-1894-29-09-1894-80--20--1----Bell-article%2cadvertisement%2cillustration
- Repository:
- Cornell University
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- The content in the Campus Artifacts, Art & Memorabilia Collection is protected by copyright, and the copyright holders are Cornell University Library and the Cornell Association of Professors Emeritus. This collection was created by Cornell University Library in 2010, with funding from a Digital Collections in Arts and Sciences Grant to Howard Howland. Cornell is providing access to the materials for research and personal use. The written permission of any copyright and other rights holders is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use that extends beyond what is authorized by fair use and other statutory exemptions. Responsibility for making an independent legal assessment of an item and securing any necessary permissions ultimately rests with persons desiring to use the item. Please contact the Cornell Association of Professors Emeritus at cape@cornell.edu for more information about this collection, or to request permission to use these images.