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Study of female, seated, with arms crossed.

Originally located inside portfolio folder (DC 110/1/4).

Study of garden background, featuring trees, flowers, and sky. The foreground is empty where the portrait has not been included.

Originally located inside portfolio folder (DC 110/1/4).

Portrait of woman, seated, in garden scene, featuring trees, flowers, and landscape.

Originally located inside portfolio folder (DC 110/1/4).

Study of female nude. This item bears a label for The Glasgow School of Art, listing Mary Ramsay's Register Number as 421 and her teacher as Mr Law. The date is not recorded, but is estimated to be from the 1914-1915 session based on information from the Alphabetical Register of Students 1903-1919 (GSAA/REG/2/3).

Originally located inside portfolio folder (DC 110/1/4).

Study of female nude. This item bears a label for The Glasgow School of Art, listing the 1915-1916 Evening session, and Mr Hunter as the teacher.

Originally located inside portfolio folder (DC 110/1/4).

Study of female.
Originally located inside portfolio folder (DC 110/1/4).

Study of male nude.

Originally located inside portfolio folder (DC 110/1/4).

Study of female, seated. On the reverse of this item is a transfer from another artwork (item DC 110/1/1/35B).

Originally located inside portfolio folder (DC 110/1/4).

Study of female, waist up, from behind.

Originally located inside portfolio folder (DC 110/1/4).

A collection of six sketchbooks created by Mary Ramsay, including four from her time as a student at The Glasgow School of Art, one dated to after her studies, and one undated. These sketchbooks feature a variety of subjects and themes, including life drawings, portraits, illustrations, floral patterns, ceramics studies, book designs, card designs, and lettering. Most artworks are pencil on paper, with some also using paint, ink, and pastel. Some sketchbooks include a number of loose ephemera items, such as newspaper cuttings and postage stamps.

A sketchbook of notes and artworks by Mary Ramsay produced during her first year at The Glasgow School of Art, around 1914-1915. This item consists of portraits and life drawings, children's illustrations, lettering, costume designs, studies of ceramic samples, floral patterns, a list of reference books about art and design, and a Little Willie rhyme. Most artworks are in pencil, while some are in ink or paint on paper. Some illustrations have been pasted in from other sources. A number of loose ephemera items are also included in the sketchbook, including postage stamps and a newspaper advert for paint tubes.

A sketchbook of notes and artworks by Mary Ramsay believed to have been produced during her second year at The Glasgow School of Art, around 1915-1916. This item consists of portraits and life drawings, children's illustrations, floral patterns, religious illustrations, and sketches of her lessons. It also includes transcriptions from two poems, Christina Rossetti's 'Goblin Market', and William Cowper's 'The Task', alongside notes listing reference books about art and design.

Most artworks are in pencil, while some are in ink or paint on paper. A number of loose drawings are also included in the sketchbook.

A sketchbook of notes and artworks by Mary Ramsay produced between 1916-1917 during her second year at The Glasgow School of Art. This item consists of portraits and life drawings, interior illustration, lettering design for A Midsummer Night's Dream, religious illustrations, book cover designs for The Language of Flowers, sketches of ceramics, and a list of reference books about art and design. These artworks are primarily in pencil, with some using ink and paint. Four pages from this sketchbook are loose from the spine.

A sketchbook of notes and artworks by Mary Ramsay. This item does not include an official date, but is presumed to be from 1918, when Ramsay was still at The Glasgow School of Art, due to dates included in some illustrations. This sketchbook includes floral illustrations, religious illustrations, greeting card designs, portraits and life drawings, and some notes.
There is one loose drawing included in this sketchbook. Most artworks are in pencil, with a few additional pieces in ink or paint on paper.

A sketchbook of notes and artworks by Mary Ramsay. This item does not include an official date, but is presumed to date to c1926 due to the inscription 'Mary A. Ramsay, Dunellan, Strathyre' on the first page. This sketchbook includes a sketch of Comiston Road, Edinburgh, children's illustrations, sketches of floral pattern designs, and some portraits; however, most of the pages are left blank. All drawings are pencil on paper.

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.

Colour drawing of bust of a woman and a pair of hands, on a grid background. Signed "Cosgrove '77" bottom right.

Colour drawing of bust portrait of figure wearing feathers and bird skeleton, on grid background.

25 small paintings mounted on card. Landscapes, portraits, and abstracts.

25 small paintings mounted on card. Landscapes, one portrait.

25 small paintings mounted on card. Landscapes, still life, portraits and abstracts.

25 small paintings mounted on card. Landscapes, still life, portraits and abstracts.

25 small paintings mounted on card. Landscapes, portraits and abstracts.

10 small paintings mounted on card. Landscapes, portraits and abstracts.

15 small paintings mounted on card. Landscapes, portraits and abstracts.

Collaged painting of the head and shoulders of a man with weathervane. Signed "COSGROVE".

Small scale painting of man and child.

Drawing of female head (profile view).