Printed black and white reproduction of Peter Blake's 1970 work ‘and to show you I’m not proud, you may shake hands with me!’ featuring Humpty Dumpty. The printed reproduction is cropped to show only the top half of the original painting.
Inscribed 'Jimmy Cosgrove Amsterdam, April 1988. Ken Mitchell, Tom Chambers'. Also entitled "A book of dreams" on the first page. Sketches of abstract figures and animals. Some mythological and biblical references.
Hastings fishing boats. 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.
This item was lost in the fire in The Mackintosh Building at The Glasgow School of Art on 23rd May 2014. The Ferry on the River Blyth, Walberswick, Suffolk. The subject is the ferry at Walberswick in Suffolk where Newbery and his family spent many holidays.
This item was lost in the fire in The Mackintosh Building at The Glasgow School of Art on 23rd May 2014. Portrait of former Glasgow School of Art librarian.
Two landscapes. 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.
Wind mill with cart and farm building. 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.
Bound in the November 1894 edition of 'The Magazine'. "It must have been something like this watercolour.... that evoked the 'critics from foreign parts' (as reported by Gleeson White in The Studio, pp88-9) to deduce 'the personality of the Misses MacDonald from their works' and see them as 'middle-ages sisters, flat footed, with projecting teeth and long past matrimony... gaunt, unlovely females'. Gleeson White who visited Glasgow to see the Mackintosh group was pleasantly surprised to meet two laughing comely girls scarce out of their teens." (MacLaren Young).
Black pen drawing of a male figure in front of a backdrop of buildings and palm trees. The work is titled, signed and dated '19.6.1974'. Handwriting on the back of the work reads 'a realistic tie in a landscape. 19.6.1974. colin wilson. 14 princes square. barrhead.'
Oil painting on board of an abstract bird in brown, green, blue and pink. The painting is signed 'Wilson. '71.' There is a label on the back of the painting marked 'DALER BOARD FOR OILS' listing the stock sizes of the manufacturers' boards. There is a stamp that reads '28 x 24 FINE GRAIN' and a handwritten price of 44p.
Abstract oil painting of a bird in blue and white on a green background. The painting is signed 'Wilson 1972.' The back of the board is marked with a company stamp which reads 'CANVAS BOARDS FOR PAINTING IN OIL COLOURS' and the size of the board.
Abstract oil painting on board of a boat harbour in blues and oranges. The painting is signed 'WILSON 72.' The back of the board is marked with a company stamp which reads 'CANVAS BOARDS FOR PAINTING IN OIL COLOURS' and the size of the board. The back of the board is also marked with handwriting which reads 'DO NOT TOUCH' and 'WET PAINT'.
Abstract figurative mono-print in black ink on white card. Collage pieces adhered. Pink and blue dotted ink pattern applied to surface of print.
Some of this material was damaged in the fire in GSA's Mackintosh Building on 23rd May 2014. Paper conservation took place in 2018. Textile conservation was completed in 2019.
Abstract figurative mono-print in black ink on white card. Shapes rendered in pastel colours using gouache. Similar design to DC 089/1/2/4/1.
Some of this material was damaged in the fire in GSA's Mackintosh Building on 23rd May 2014. Paper conservation took place in 2018. Textile conservation was completed in 2019.
Pen and coloured pencil drawing of two figures in a room, one of which is standing and the other seated. The work is titled, signed and dated '17.6.1974'. Handwriting on the back of the work reads '"abstract painting and two people in a room." 17.6.1974. colin wilson. 14 princes square. barrhead.'
Abstract portrait painting in browns and blues. Printed text that reads 'Postcard' is visible on the surface of the paper, as well as a postage stamp box. The work is marked in black pen 'For Colin. Peter Blake. London 1980.' There is some fluffy peach-coloured material fixed to the reverse.
Print in black and greys with abstract forms resembling a tree trunk. There is some residue from a piece of brown tape stuck to one edge of the work. One of the corners of the work is folded towards the verso.
Print in black and greys with abstract forms resembling a tree trunk. One of the corners of the work is slightly folded towards the front. There is a small dent on one corner on the front of the work.
Print in brown, blue, pink and black of abstract shapes. The work is signed and marked as edition 16/25. There is a handwritten verse on the front of the work.
A view in Surrey. 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.