Glasgow School of Art: Archives & Collections

NMC/0421
Item
c1908-1914

Part of Art, Design and Architecture collection

Dull blue/green corded silk embroidered at each end. Thought to be by Ann Macbeth (the use of these particular strong shades of magenta and turquoise are distinctive of Macbeth's work at this time).

*Not available / given

Bicuspid

NMC/0746
Item
c1996-1997

Part of Art, Design and Architecture collection

Study of male; head and upper body, arms crossed.

Anderson, Steven

Big Cake Stand

NMC/0585
Item
1994

Part of Art, Design and Architecture collection

Figures of horses standing on two tiers of cake stand.

McCoig, Bel

Bird

NMC/1835
Item
c1990

Part of Art, Design and Architecture collection

Double printed picture of a bird. Possibly etching and lithograph.

Mathieson, John

Birnham Wood (from Macbeth)

NMC/0097G
Item
c1900

Part of Art, Design and Architecture collection

Design for stage set - Shakespeare's Macbeth.

Smyth, Dorothy Carleton

Black heavy wool blazer

NMC/1559
Item
Early 20th Century

Part of Art, Design and Architecture collection

Blazer which was worn as part of a uniform by a student at The Glasgow School of Art.

*Not available / given

Black Rabbit on the Dunes

NMC/0857
Item
c1977-1978

Part of Art, Design and Architecture collection

Rabbit with barbed wire.

Palmer, Joan

Black wool blazer

NMC/1560
Item
Early 20th Century

Part of Art, Design and Architecture collection

*Not available / given

Black-out curtain

NMC/1781
Item
1940-1945

Part of Art, Design and Architecture collection

Single curtain with applied batik decoration.

Parker, Agnes Miller

Blair Castle

NMC/1075
Item
c1940s-1960s

Part of Art, Design and Architecture collection

Miller, Josephine Haswell

Bloody Cranesbill

NMC/0617
Item
c1940s-1980s

Part of Art, Design and Architecture collection

Study of flower.

Paterson, George William Lennox

Blue rabbit with stand

NMC/1616
Item
Mid 19th century to mid 20th century

Part of Art, Design and Architecture collection

Blue glazed ceramic rabbit with black glazed eyes with red marking on bottom of rabbit, "SCH-83". Includes wooden stand painted black with four small feet, shaped for rabbit to sit. Bottom of stand has red marking "SCH-83B". Due to information in an inventory, rabbit can be dated pre-1958.

*Not available / given

Blues Number, Sound Box

NMC/0841
Item
1976

Part of Art, Design and Architecture collection

This item was lost in the fire in The Mackintosh Building at The Glasgow School of Art on 23rd May 2014. Study of singer and microphone.

Brown, Neil Dallas

Board game

NMC/1958
Item
2017

Part of Art, Design and Architecture collection

Board game created for Postgraduate Degree Show, 2017

Nash, Callum

Boats in a Harbour

NMC/1373
Item
c1950s-1970s

Part of Art, Design and Architecture collection

Signed 'Sinclair'.

Thomson, Robert Sinclair

Boats, Venice

NMC/1510
Item
c1951

Part of Art, Design and Architecture collection

Signed: "Boats, Venice?" (verso).

Christie, Fyffe

Bomb damage, Ancona, Italy

NMC/0158C
Item
1944

Part of Art, Design and Architecture collection

Burnt-out train wagons.

Selby, Frederick

Bomb damaged building, Ancona, Italy

NMC/0158A
Item
1944

Part of Art, Design and Architecture collection

Ruins of large, three-storey building.

Selby, Frederick

Bomb damaged building, Ancona, Italy

NMC/0158D
Item
1944

Part of Art, Design and Architecture collection

Fire-blackened three storey building.

Selby, Frederick

Bomber (Exit Motorhead)

NMC/0848
Item
1985-1986

Part of Art, Design and Architecture collection

This item was lost in the fire in The Mackintosh Building at The Glasgow School of Art on 23rd May 2014. Microphones and spotlights.

Brown, Neil Dallas

Book cover for Jones of the 64th - Blackie Books

NMC/1333C
Item
c1926

Part of Art, Design and Architecture collection

Book cover featuring illustrations on the front and spine of Lieut-Colonel F.S.Brereton for Jones of the 64th title.

Miller, Archibald E Haswell

Book cover for Olaf the Glorious - Blackie Books

NMC/1335D
Item
c1925

Part of Art, Design and Architecture collection

Book cover featuring illustrations on the front of the face of Olaf wearing a Viking helmet and of him in full Viking dress with a weapon on the spine.

Miller, Archibald E Haswell

Book cover for The Buccaneers of Boyar - Blackie Books

NMC/1334C
Item
c1925

Part of Art, Design and Architecture collection

Book cover featuring illustrations on the front of a group of sailors and on the spine of a buccaneer.

Miller, Archibald E Haswell

Book cover for The Rovers Secret - Blackie Books

NMC/1338D
Item
c1926

Part of Art, Design and Architecture collection

Book cover featuring illustrations on the front of a ship and desert island and on the spine of sailor.

Miller, Archibald E Haswell

Book illustrations

NMC/0196A
Item
1860s

Part of Art, Design and Architecture collection

'Indignation loosened Peter's tongue' (two male figures). Several of these illustrations appeared in 'Good Words' 1863.

*Not available / given

Book illustrations

NMC/0196B
Item
1860s

Part of Art, Design and Architecture collection

'He followed them through the fire...' (male figure). Several of these illustrations appeared in 'Good Words' 1863.

*Not available / given

Book illustrations

NMC/0196C
Item
1860s

Part of Art, Design and Architecture collection

'Children played beneath it...' (two lovers under a tree). Several of these illustrations appeared in 'Good Words' 1863.

*Not available / given

Book illustrations

NMC/0196D
Item
1860s

Part of Art, Design and Architecture collection

'There went not the least waft of wind...' (mother and child walking through wood). Several of these illustrations appeared in 'Good Words' 1863.

*Not available / given

Book illustrations

NMC/0196F
Item
1860s

Part of Art, Design and Architecture collection

'The explanation was given...' (three figures seated around table). Several of these illustrations appeared in 'Good Words' 1863.

*Not available / given

Book illustrations

NMC/0196E
Item
1860s

Part of Art, Design and Architecture collection

'Autumn thoughts' (male figure standing in forest glade). Several of these illustrations appeared in 'Good Words' 1863.

*Not available / given

Book plate

NMC/0613
Item
c1912

Part of Art, Design and Architecture collection

Ex libris book plate for Fred J.M. Christie; figures in landscape.

King, Jessie Marion

Book plate mounted on wooden block

NMC/1956A
Item
c1947

Part of Art, Design and Architecture collection

Bookplate mounted on wooden block, signed LP (Lennox Paterson). A gift from the donor's parents.

Paterson, George William Lennox

Bookplate - Ex Libris Svmmae Scholae Glasgvensis (Latin)

NMC/1351
Item
1934

Part of Art, Design and Architecture collection

The Glasgow School of Art Archives and Collections

Miller, Archibald E Haswell

Bothwell Church

NMC/1726JJJJ
Item
[Jun 1889]

Part of Art, Design and Architecture collection

Watercolour and pencil sketch of Bothwell Church. The backing board notes that the sketch depicts the church before restoration. A joint visit by the Glasgow and Edinburgh Architectural Associations was made to the church on 22 Jun 1889; McGibbon possibly attended this trip and produced this sketch. The drawing bears the stamp of the Glasgow School of Art Library.

McGibbon, Alexander

Bouquet of flowers

NMC/0483
Item
c1930s-1970s

Part of Art, Design and Architecture collection

Large bunch of flower in square glass vase, small red bowl to right.

Anderson, Daisy McGlashan

Bouquet of flowers

NMC/0501
Item
c1920s-1950s

Part of Art, Design and Architecture collection

Bouquet of flowers in blue vase.

Gray, James

Bouquet of summer flowers

NMC/0484
Item
c1930s-1970s

Part of Art, Design and Architecture collection

Flower study.

Anderson, Daisy McGlashan

Bourdon memorial bronze

NMC/1863
Item
c1925

Part of Art, Design and Architecture collection

Memorial plaque with raised bust of Eugene Bourdon

Proudfoot, Alexander

Bram Stoker medal

NMC/0405A
Item
1903

Part of Art, Design and Architecture collection

Classical scene; three figures. Awarded to David Broadfoot Carter. Inscribed obverse: "Glasgow School of Art, Bram Stoker Medal for the best imaginative work of the year/ D.Broadfoot Carter 1903".

*Not available / given

Bram Stoker medal

NMC/0405B
Item
c1990

Part of Art, Design and Architecture collection

Classical scene; three figures. Inscribed obverse: "Glasgow School of Art, Bram Stoker Medal for the best imaginative work of the year/ D.Broadfoot Carter 1903". This medal was cast from the original by Roger Miller, Head of GSA Silversmithing and Jewellery, 1990s.

Millar, Roger

Bram Stoker medal

NMC/1499
Item
1904

Part of Art, Design and Architecture collection

Inscribed obverse: "Glasgow School of Art, Bram Stoker Medal for the best imaginative work of the year/ James Huck 1904".

*Not available / given

Brambles with bees

NMC/0486
Item
c1930s-1970s

Part of Art, Design and Architecture collection

Blackberry bush with bees.

Anderson, Daisy McGlashan

Brass lantern

NMC/1618
Item
19th century-20th century

Part of Art, Design and Architecture collection

Brass lantern treated with gold finish with cut-out ornamental design on top and bottom. Has glass covering for light, cut wires on bottom which would have been attached to light bulb inside. Lantern would have been attached to the wall. Back of lantern has red marking, "SCH-302". Indented stamp on top front of lamp, "ALLAN & CO". Due to information in an inventory, lantern can be dated pre-1958.

*Not available / given

'Bread and Circuses'

NMC/1957
Item
2018

Part of Art, Design and Architecture collection

Untitled party #5, 'Bread and Circuses'. Oil on canvas.

Fernie, Angus

Bridge in Venice

NMC/0069
Item
1948-1949

Part of Art, Design and Architecture collection

Drawing of Venetian bridge. One of Eardley's paintings undertaken as part of her art school travelling scholarship.

Eardley, Joan Kathleen Harding

Bridgnorth Bridge

NMC/0230NN
Item
1840

Part of Art, Design and Architecture collection

Study of bridge with buildings beyond. From "A Treatise on Landscape Painting and Effect in Watercolours: from the first rudiments to the finished picture: with examples in Outline, Effect, and Colouring", first published in London by S & J Fuller in 1814, republished in 1840.

Cox, David

British Museum, London

NMC/0358FFF
Item
c1906-1907

Part of Art, Design and Architecture collection

Colonnaded entrance to museum.

Revel, John D

Broken Diamonds

NMC/1630
Item
c1950s-1960s

Part of Art, Design and Architecture collection

Framed embroidery of geometric design with orange, pink, purple, blue, and green thread on a purple background. Back of frame has label from "The Present Gallery, 16 Broomgate, Lanark", stating artist "Margaret McFarlane" and title of work "Broken Diamonds".

McFarlane, Margaret