Glasgow School of Art: Archives & Collections

Group photograph of female students

DC 098/1/4/2/30
Item
1914

Part of Papers of Archibald Haswell Miller

The photograph features a group of nineteen female students in an anatomy drawing class.

An annotation on the top right corner of the cardboard shows "1914".

*Not available / given

Highland Girl wearing Araid Plaid

DC 038/20
Item
c1956

Part of Anne Scott Doll Collection

Costume doll: Highland Girl wearing Araid Plaid (or Fish Wife), she came to be painted by Alan Ramsay aid to McLeod of McLeod. In those days girls did not wear tartan, they wore stripes instead.

Scott, Anne

Horse skeleton

NMC/1865
Item
c1900

Part of Art, Design and Architecture collection

Horse skeleton attached to metal bar formerly used in drawing classes.

*Not available / given

James I

DC 038/7
Item
c1956

Part of Anne Scott Doll Collection

Costume doll: James I, 1406-1437, (or James V, 1473-1515).

Scott, Anne

Joan Beaufort

DC 038/8
Item
c1956

Part of Anne Scott Doll Collection

Costume doll: Joan Beaufort, 1424, Queen and married to James I (or James V's partner).

Scott, Anne

Katagami

NMC/1043C
Item
19th century

Part of Art, Design and Architecture collection

Japanese style paper stencil featuring wave motif, probably used as a teaching resource.

*Not available / given

Katagami

NMC/1043A
Item
19th century

Part of Art, Design and Architecture collection

Japanese style paper stencil featuring flowers, probably used as a teaching resource.

*Not available / given

Katagami

NMC/1043E
Item
19th century

Part of Art, Design and Architecture collection

Japanese style paper stencil featuring patterned borders, probably used as a teaching resource.

*Not available / given

Katagami

NMC/1043B
Item
19th century

Part of Art, Design and Architecture collection

Japanese style paper stencil featuring flowers, probably used as a teaching resource.

*Not available / given

Katagami

NMC/1043D
Item
19th century

Part of Art, Design and Architecture collection

Japanese style paper stencil featuring patterned borders, probably used as a teaching resource.

*Not available / given

Katagami

NMC/1043F
Item
19th century

Part of Art, Design and Architecture collection

Japanese style paper stencil featuring patterned borders, probably used as a teaching resource.

*Not available / given

Lady of the period of King Charles II

DC 038/12
Item
c1956

Part of Anne Scott Doll Collection

Costume doll: Lady of the period of King Charles II (or Anne of Denmark, 1574-1619).

Scott, Anne

Laocoon

DB/71
Item
1853

Part of The Duncan Brown Photographic Collection

Volume I.

Brown, Duncan

Large red vase

NMC/1615
Item
19th century-20th century

Part of Art, Design and Architecture collection

Large red glazed ceramic vase with red marking on bottom "GSA 581". Due to information in a 1958 inventory, vase can be dated pre-1958. It may be a student piece or could have been bought and used as a teaching aid.

*Not available / given

Leather book cover

GSAA/EPH/11/3/3
Item
15th century to 17th century

Part of Records of The Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, Scotland

Leather bound book cover with ornate incised decoration on front and inside cover with gilding and red and blue pigment. Exposed paper underneath leather shows Arabic lettering.

*Not available / given

Leatherwork display case

NMC/1627
Item
c1914-1943

Part of Art, Design and Architecture collection

Wooden display case of leatherwork by P. Wylie Davidson showing examples of techniques. Back of case has GSA label "Leatherwork. 'C', 19.1.58". Due to information in archival documentation, display case can be dated pre-1943.

Davidson, Peter Wylie

Left eye of David

GST/20
Item
Early 20th century-mid 20th century

Part of The Giusti Plaster Cast Collection

Plaster copy after the left eye of Michelangelo's David.

J Giusti & Co

Left foot with raised heel

GST/18
Item
Late 19th century-mid 20th century

Part of The Giusti Plaster Cast Collection

J Giusti & Co

Left hand

GST/22
Item
Early 20th century-mid 20th century

Part of The Giusti Plaster Cast Collection

Plaster cast of a left hand.

J Giusti & Co

Maid of Norway

DC 038/3
Item
c1956

Part of Anne Scott Doll Collection

Costume doll: Maid of Norway, 1286-1290, (or Kenneth MacAlpine's daughter).

Scott, Anne

Maid with Tray

DC 038/21
Item
c1956

Part of Anne Scott Doll Collection

Costume doll: Maid with Tray, Mrs. Ramsay's maid (or Rob Roy's Wife).

Scott, Anne

Malcolm Cann Mor

DC 038/1
Item
c1956

Part of Anne Scott Doll Collection

Costume doll: Malcolm Cann Mor, 1057-1093, (or Kenneth MacAlpine, crowned 843 AD).

Scott, Anne

Manuscript fragments

GSAA/EPH/11/3/2/2
Item
15th century to 16th century

Part of Records of The Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, Scotland

Manuscript fragments

GSAA/EPH/11/3/2/1
Item
15th century to 16th century

Part of Records of The Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, Scotland

Manuscript fragments

GSAA/EPH/11/3/2/3
Item
15th century to 16th century

Part of Records of The Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, Scotland

Marble panel of woman in relief looking in a mirror

PC/069
Item
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

Carved relief of woman sitting looking into mirror. Possible a GSA student piece.

*Not available / given

Margaret Queen and Saint

DC 038/2
Item
c1956

Part of Anne Scott Doll Collection

Costume doll: Margaret Queen and Saint, 1045-1093, wife of Malcolm Cann Mor (or Kenneth MacAlpine's partner).

Scott, Anne

Margaret Tudor

DC 038/9
Item
c1956

Part of Anne Scott Doll Collection

Costume doll: Margaret Tudor, married to James IV and Henry VIII's sister, (or Mary Queen of Scots, 1542-1587).

Scott, Anne

Marjorie Fleming

DC 038/24
Item
c1956

Part of Anne Scott Doll Collection

Costume doll: Marjorie Fleming, also known as 'Pet Marjorie' who wrote a diary at about 7 years old, (or Sir Walter Scott's Daughter).

Scott, Anne

Marysas (back view)

DB/178
Item
c1853-1896

Part of The Duncan Brown Photographic Collection

Volume II.

Brown, Duncan

Metalwork display case

NMC/1641
Item
c1914-1943

Part of Art, Design and Architecture collection

This item was damaged in the fire in GSA's Mackintosh Building on 23rd May 2014 and was conserved in 2018.

*Not available / given

Mould of bust of Dante

GST/13
Item
Late 19th century-mid 20th century

Part of The Giusti Plaster Cast Collection

J Giusti & Co

Mould of left foot with raised heel

GST/17
Item
Early 20th century-mid 20th century

Part of The Giusti Plaster Cast Collection

J Giusti & Co

Mould of unidentfied female bust

GST/14
Item
Late 19th century-mid 20th century

Part of The Giusti Plaster Cast Collection

Plaster mould of an unidentified female bust.

J Giusti & Co

Mould of unidentified Greek bust

GST/15
Item
Late 19th century-mid 20th century

Part of The Giusti Plaster Cast Collection

J Giusti & Co

Mould of 'Young Octavian'

GST/16
Item
Late 19th century-mid 20th century

Part of The Giusti Plaster Cast Collection

Plaster mould, likely after the 'Young Octavian' portrait of emperor Augustus in the Vatican Museums.

J Giusti & Co

Mrs. Keith of Raveltson

DC 038/23
Item
c1956

Part of Anne Scott Doll Collection

Costume doll: Mrs Keith of Raveltson, Grandmother of Marjorie Fleming and friend of Sir Walter Scott (or Charlotte Charpentier, Sir Walter Scott's Wife).

Scott, Anne

Navy and green embroidery display

NMC/1628
Item
c1928-1943

Part of Art, Design and Architecture collection

Framed display of navy and green embroidery with beading, with engraved title "Samples and Examples by Anne Knox Arthur, The Glasgow School of Art". Includes label "Embroidery A_Navy and Green" and instruction on back of frame. Due to information in archival documentation, display case can be dated pre-1943.

Arthur, Anne Knox

Nurse to Maid of Norway

DC 038/5
Item
c1956

Part of Anne Scott Doll Collection

Costume doll: Nurse (attendant) to Maid of Norway, 1290, (or William Wallace's Partner).

Scott, Anne

Page to Alexander III

DC 038/6
Item
c1956

Part of Anne Scott Doll Collection

Costume doll: Page to Alexander III, 1249-1286, (or William Wallace's Jester).

Scott, Anne

Pattern design teaching material

DC 084/7/5
Item
c1934-1940

Part of Material relating to Gerard V Murphy, former GSA student

Seven pieces of teaching examples for pattern designs, attached to backing paper. This work was used as teaching material in schools in Scotland during Murphy's career as an art teacher.

Murphy, Gerard V

Pewter mug

NMC/1617
Item
19th century-20th century

Part of Art, Design and Architecture collection

Pewter mug with handle. Red marking on bottom, "SCH.298". Small indented markings on side "QUART", "A8", "Wood & Sons, Glasgow", and Queen Victoria royal cypher. Due to information in an inventory, mug can be dated pre-1958.

*Not available / given

Pink and black embroidery display

NMC/1639
Item
c1928-1943

Part of Art, Design and Architecture collection

Framed display of pink and black embroidery with beading, with engraved title "Samples and Examples by Anne Knox Arthur, The Glasgow School of Art". Includes label "Embroidery C_Black and Pink" and instruction on back of frame. Due to information in archival documentation, display case can be dated pre-1943.

Arthur, Anne Knox

Plaster cast of a Centaur and Lapiths (Metope South II), part of Parthenon Frieze

PC/019
Item
Mid 19th century-early 20th century

Part of Plaster Casts

Original: Shows the battle between Centaurs and Lapiths at the marriage-feast of Peirithoos. Original: Phidias, c442 BC. Marble. Parthenon, Athens, Greece. Currently in the collection of the British Museum (Part of ‘The Elgin Marbles’).