Glasgow School of Art: Archives & Collections

NMC/0839
Item
c1910-1930

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. Photographic portrait of Glasgow painter.

Annan, James Craig

Professor Seona Reid

NMC/0910
Item
2002

Part of Art, Design and Architecture collection

Portrait of Seona Reid (Director of Glasgow School of Art, 1999-2013). Image taken with world's largest polaroid camera.

Cooper, Thomas Joshua

Portrait photograph of Francis H. Newbery

DC 098/3/3
Item
[1930-1940]

Part of Papers of Archibald Haswell Miller

Portrait photograph of Francis Newbery as an elderly man. The cardboard displays an inscription.

Originally located within (Box 2 of 2).

Muspratt, Helen

Photograph of William McCance in front of his work

NMC/1905
Item
c1911-1915

Part of Art, Design and Architecture collection

Mounted photograph of William McCance in front of two of his paintings, plaster cast foot in background.

Not available / given

Photograph of Veronica Matthew in a dress by Valerie Wilson

Part of Papers and Textiles of Veronica Matthew, student at The Glasgow School of Art, 1950s

Includes a black and white glossy photograph of a smiling Veronica Matthew in a white dress made with a printed shawl by Valerie Wilson (Bloomfield-Ambrose) in 1956 or 1957. "Weekly Scotsman. Edinburgh." written at bottom on the white border. Verso "Veronica Matthew / G.S.A. Fashion Show, 1956 or 1957 / The white dress belonged to Valerie Wilson, (now V. Ambrose), + made by her. The stole was a screen printed textile made by me in greens, red + a kind of Kakhi colour. The headdress was red knitting pins stuck into my bun. I was a student of Robert Stewart's / Printed Textiles Dept. + Kathleen Whyte's Modern Embroidery / 10 Aug 2016." Verso also includes a stamp that indicates the copyright and reference number for printing purposes.

The Scotsman

Photograph of Valerie Bloomfield-Ambrose

Part of Papers and Textiles of Veronica Matthew, student at The Glasgow School of Art, 1950s

Includes a smiling Valerie in her home in Florida with cast sculptures, paintings, framed pictures, and a living room behind her; "Val Ambrose / Florida, 2010" verso. Has small white border and is glossy.

Not available / given

Photograph of Sydney d'Horne Shepherd

DC 097/2/1
Item
c1920s-1960s

Part of Papers of the Shepherd and Biggar families

Black and white portrait photograph. Believed to be Sydney d'Horne Shepherd, wearing a white dress shirt, light coloured tie, and darker coloured suit jacket. A stamp reads "Howard Coster, / Photographer of Men, / 9, Sackville St., Piccadilly, W.1. / Regent 4561.", with an "A" drawn in pencil below it verso.

Coster, Howard

Photograph of Sadie McLellan

DC 097/5/2
Item
c1938

Part of Papers of the Shepherd and Biggar families

Portrait of Sadie McLellan from the chest up with her head tilted to her left. Hair is in an up do and she wears an embroidered patterned traditional ethnic top with puffy white long sleeves and a metal button up wool waistcoat over top. "Sadie McLellan / about 1938" verso.

*Not available / given

Photograph of Mrs. Kopaloff

Part of Papers and Textiles of Veronica Matthew, student at The Glasgow School of Art, 1950s

A4 sized paper scan of a black and white blown up image of a lady in white patterned headscarf. Verso " Mrs Kopaloff - 88 yrs - Stepney, East London / 1977 / A reduced cope of the original, part of our / exhibition of East End Faces, held at / Toynbee Hall - The Universities' Settlement in East London." Per DC 101/3/1, Mrs Kopaloff was sitting at her kitchen table in her pre-fabricated home shelling peas. She had escaped from Jewish persecution in Lithuania and found refuge in the United Kingdom; Veronica Matthew knew her well.

Not available / given

Photograph of a sculpture (side)

DC 097/1/27
Item
1939

Part of Papers of the Shepherd and Biggar families

Black and white photograph of a bronze male head sculpture sitting on top of a box. Male figure has a chin strap beard and prominent nose.

Biggar, Helen Manson

Photograph of a sculpture (front)

DC 097/1/28
Item
1939

Part of Papers of the Shepherd and Biggar families

Black and white photograph of a bronze male head sculpture sitting on a box. Male figure has a chin strap beard and prominent nose. Says ""Jack Dalziel" - by Helen Biggar - c. 1939" written in blue pen with "92B" circled verso. Jack Dalziel (real name "John") was likely a friend of Helen's.

Biggar, Helen Manson

Head shot of Fraser Taylor

Part of Textiles and papers of Fraser Taylor, GSA student and designer with The Cloth

Black and white transparency.

Taylor, Fraser

Fraser Taylor portrait

Part of Textiles and papers of Fraser Taylor, GSA student and designer with The Cloth

Wearing printed shirt in front of painted background. Photograph by Ian Mitchell. Black and white photograph, portrait.

Not available / given