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Italian Sketchbook

This sketchbook consists of 81 pages of sketches made by Charles Rennie Mackintosh during his trip to Italy in 1891 funded by his Greek Thomson travelling scholarship prize money. The subjects he sketched are mainly architectural, with the one he felt to be most impressive being labelled 'A Caution'. Each sketch is labelled with the name of the city or town in which it was sketched. In 1890 Mackintosh won the Alexander 'Greek' Thomson Travelling Scholarship with a design for a public hall, which enabled him to take an extensive tour abroad from February to July 1891. He left Glasgow for London on 21 March 1891, sailing from Tilbury on the Thames on 27 March and arriving in Naples on 5 April. He then visited Palermo in Sicily, Rome, Orvieto, Siena, Florence, Pisa, Pistoia, Bologna, Ravenna, Ferrara, Venice, Padua, and Vicenza, arriving in Verona on 10 June 1891. The Sketchbook contains drawings from the later part of Mackintosh's tour, from 10th June, with sketches, mostly of architectural and sculptural details, beginning with Verona. It covers Verona (11-14 June); Mantua (14 June); Cremona (14-15 June); Brescia (16 June); Bergamo (17 June); Lecco (18 June); Cadenabbia and Lake Como (19-25 June); Como (26-27 June); Milan (28 June-6 July); Pavia (7 July-?); Certosa di Pavia (probably several days around 12 July); Paris and Chateau d'Ecouen (late July?); Antwerp (late July? - briefly visited on his return journey). It also contains several pages of designs for the Glasgow Art Club (1892-3) and the Glasgow Herald Building (1893-5). The drawings themselves are almost all pencil sketches, some of which are now quite faint.

Mackintosh, Charles Rennie

St. Andrews' Cathedral, Fife

Watercolour and pencil sketch of church ruins.  There is no written indication of the location or date, but the structure can be identified as St. Andrews Cathedral.  The drawing bears the stamp of the Glasgow School of Art Library.

McGibbon, Alexander

St. Andrews' Cathedral, Fife

Watercolour and pencil sketch depicting the ruins of a church and gravestones. There is no indication of the location or date, but it is likely related to another watercolour sketch at the ruins of St. Andrew's Cathedral. The drawing bears the stamp of the Glasgow School of Art Library.

McGibbon, Alexander

Church exterior

Perspective drawing of the exterior of a church.  There is no indication of the location or date.  The drawing bears the stamp of the Glasgow School of Art Library.

McGibbon, Alexander

Church window

Perspective drawing of a church window.  There is no indication of the location or date.  The drawing bears the stamp of the Glasgow School of Art Library.

McGibbon, Alexander

Columns and capital

Perspective drawing of pillars, accompanied by sections and plans of the archway, complete with measurements.  There is no indication of the location or date.  The drawing bears the stamp of the Glasgow School of Art Library.

McGibbon, Alexander

Columns

Perspective drawing of a group of columns.  Alongside it is a perspective of the column base, as well as sections and a rough plan, complete with measurements.  There is no indication of the location or date.  The drawing bears the stamp of the Glasgow School of Art Library.

McGibbon, Alexander

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