Glasgow School of Art: Archives & Collections

Plaster cast of lion and serpent

PC/058
Item
20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

This item was lost in the fire in The Mackintosh Building at The Glasgow School of Art on 15th June 2018.

Original: Antoine-Louis Barye (Paris, 1795-1875). Original currently in the collection of the Louvre, Paris, France.

Plaster cast of Hebe

PC/005
Item
20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

Original: Hebe was the Greek goddess of youth and a cup-bearer for the gods. Original currently in the collection of the Uffizi, Florence, Italy.

Plaster cast of female form

PC/198
Item
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

Fragment of femal form, hips to shoulders. Hellenistic style.

*Not available / given

Plaster cast of Aristotle

PC/200
Item
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

Original: Roman copy (2nd century bc) of a Greek original (c325 bc); currently in the collection of the Museo Nazionale Romano, Rome.

*Not available / given

Plaster cast of standing putto

PC/210
Item
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

Small putto statue supported by tree stump.

*Not available / given

Plaster cast of Bishop

PC/057
Item
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

Plaster cast Archbishop holding Staff, gothic style.

*Not available / given

Plaster cast of miniature copy of the Parthenon Panathenaic frieze on framed panel

PC/088
Item
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

Original: Possibly a cast of a copy after John Hennings miniature carvings of the frieze using the Parthenon Marbles and sketches made prior to the acropolis explosion.

*Not available / given

Plaster cast of top capital with foliate ornament

PC/092
Item
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

Capital decorated with stylized leaves with portion of pilaster.

*Not available / given

Plaster cast of stele with decorative strapwork

PC/099
Item
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

Stele with strips or ribbons of ornamentation. Annotated with "7".

*Not available / given

Plaster cast of fragment of window arch

PC/105
Item
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

Part of larger scale arch, decorated with two stylised leaves.

*Not available / given

Plaster cast of fragment of base of column with laurel leaf decoration

PC/134
Item
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

Bears possible illegible maker's stamp (overpainted).

*Not available / given

Classical woman in relief

PC/063B
Item
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

This item was lost in the fire in The Mackintosh Building at The Glasgow School of Art on 15th June 2018.

*Not available / given

Plaster cast of Germanicus (Marcellus)

PC/011B
Item
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

This item was lost in the fire in The Mackintosh Building at The Glasgow School of Art on 15th June 2018.

Original: The original scaled Roman statue of c50BC by the sculptor Kleomenes. The Nude male statue, erroneously identified as Germanicus, a member of the family of the Emperor Augustus, probably should be considered a portrait of a member of a wealthy family of the late Republic. Original currently in the collection of the Louvre, Paris, France.

Plaster cast of roundel with flower

PC/145
Item
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

*Not available / given

Plaster cast of section of entablature

PC/148
Item
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

Entablature with egg and dart enrichment and a series of small masks.

*Not available / given

Plaster cast of spandrel

PC/152
Item
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

Original: Poets’ Corner, Westminster Abbey, London, UK.

*Not available / given

Decorated marble pilaster

PC/162
Item
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

Previously painted.

*Not available / given

Plaster cast of capital with masks and foliage

PC/163
Item
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

*Not available / given

Plaster cast of panel decorated with putti and birds

PC/169
Item
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

*Not available / given

Plaster cast of Madonna and child maquette

PC/186
Item
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

Mary holding the Christ child.

*Not available / given

Plaster cast of a spandrel showing censing angel

PC/030A
Item
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

Original: c19th century. Westminster Abbey, London, UK.

Plaster cast of Queen

PC/053
Item
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

Body of a Queen with the head of a King.

This item was damaged in the fire in the Mackintosh Building on 23rd May 2014. It underwent conservation and consolidation work in 2016.

Plaster cast of decorative relief panel from a royal palace

PC/081
Item
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

Original: French, late c16th century. Showing cherubs with parrots, shells and urns. Also displays insignia with three fleur de lis (possibly signifying French monarchy).

*Not available / given

Plaster cast of architectural fragment with lion mask

PC/082
Item
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

*Not available / given

Plaster cast of section of cornice with bands of ornament

PC/125
Item
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

Ornament including bands of egg and darts enrichment.

*Not available / given

Plaster cast of architectural fragment with foliage ornament

PC/137
Item
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

Top of capital with branches and spiked leaf adornment.

*Not available / given

Plaster cast of capital with monk

PC/199
Item
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

*Not available / given

Plaster cast of bust wearing turban

PC/203
Item
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

Bust of man wearing turban with elaborate necklace.

*Not available / given

Plaster cast of remembrance panel

PC/208
Item
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

Panel with commemorations flanked by man and woman with cherubs and surrounded by decorative ornamentation.

*Not available / given

Plaster cast of Archer of the Royal Guard

PC/055
Item
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

Brickwork sculpture of Persian Royal bodyguard carrying quiver on back. Original: Persian glazed frieze from the Palace of Darius I in Susa, 521-486 BC. Original currently in the collection of the Pergamon Museum, Berlin, Germany.

*Not available / given

Plaster cast of decorative relief panel with initial H and French royal crown

PC/095
Item
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

*Not available / given

Plaster cast of high relief acanthus

PC/129
Item
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

*Not available / given

Plaster cast of Hermes of Praxiteles (Hermes and the Infant Dionysus)

PC/012
Item
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

Original: Greek sculpture of Hermes and the infant Dionysus discovered in 1877 in the ruins of the Temple of Hera at Olympia. It is traditionally attributed to Praxiteles and dated to the 4th century BC. 3/4 size sculpture. Original currently in the collection of the Archaeological Museum of Olympia, Greece.

Plaster cast of Berlin Adorante

PC/020
Item
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

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

Original: Also know as 'Youth Supplian' or 'Praying Boy'.

Plaster cast of a spandrel showing censing angel

PC/030B
Item
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

Original: c19th century. Westminster Abbey, London, UK.

Plaster cast of panel with decoration of foliage and hops

PC/147
Item
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

Large panel in high relief.

*Not available / given

Plaster cast of architectural fragment with leaf

PC/150
Item
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

*Not available / given

Plaster cast of architectural fragment

PC/153
Item
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

*Not available / given

Plaster cast of architectural fragment with leaf

PC/155
Item
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

*Not available / given

Plaster cast of Mercury's torso

PC/190
Item
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

Fragment of Mercury sculpture, featuring torso only without hands.

*Not available / given

Plaster cast of angel

PC/201
Item
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

This item was lost in the fire in The Mackintosh Building at The Glasgow School of Art on 23rd May 2014. Small statue of angel, original wings lost.

*Not available / given

Plaster cast of capital with double columns

PC/207
Item
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

Capital with conjoined double doric style columns.

*Not available / given

Plaster cast of angel figure

PC/061
Item
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

Angel figure in relief with mask at base. Possibly architectural fragment.

*Not available / given

Plaster cast of Marcus Aurelius

PC/064
Item
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

Portrait bust. Marcus Aurelius was Roman Emperor from 161 to 180.

*Not available / given

Plaster cast of acroteria from Greek temple

PC/086
Item
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

*Not available / given

Plaster cast of decorative capital

PC/102
Item
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

*Not available / given

Plaster cast of architectural fragment

PC/110
Item
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

*Not available / given

Plaster cast of panel decorated with vase, birds and foliage

PC/127
Item
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

In relief.

*Not available / given

Plaster cast of Apoxyomenos (Vatican Apoxyomenos)

PC/002
Item
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

This item was lost in the fire in The Mackintosh Building at The Glasgow School of Art on 15th June 2018.

Original: An athlete, caught in the familiar act of scraping sweat and dust from his body with the small curved instrument that the Romans called a strigil. This cast is of the legs of the cast only. Original currently in the collection of the Museo Pio-Clementino in the Vatican, Rome, Italy.