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Papers of the Ballantine family, students at The Glasgow School of Art, Scotland

  • DC 025
  • Collection
  • c1900-1995

The collection is comprised of Lewis Ballantine's own works of art such as life drawings, self portraits, design work and sketchbooks, and photographs, as well as sketchbooks and notebooks that belonged to his mother and father.

The work in the collection by Lewis Ballantine forms a valuable record of his time at the Glasgow School of Art. They show the development of his work as an artist, and provide an example of the type of work that Drawing and Painting students were required to produce during this period.

Lewis Ballantine's mother, Alice Longmuir Nisbet was herself at Glasgow School of Art in the 1930s, and was involved in the Socialist Art Circle. The sketchbooks in this collection also contain works by other members of the group such as Stuart Henderson, Jimmy Morton, James ("Jimmy") Ogilvie, W. C. Thompson and John McLean. The photographs in the collection picture Alice Longmuir Ballantine and John ("Jack") Hendry Ballantine, and Lewis Ballantine's maternal grandfather, Robert Dow Nisbet.

Collection includes:

  • Notebooks belonging to Robert Dow Nisbet, 1930s
  • Sketchbook belonging to Robert Dow Nisbet, 1930s
  • Sketchbook of Jack Hendry Ballantine, 1930s
  • Sketchbook of Alice Longmuir Nisbet, includes sketches from other members of the Socialist Art Circle, 1936
  • "Dun Breatann" Sketchbook of Lewis Ballantine, 1966
  • "History of Costume" Sketchbook of Lewis Ballantine, 1967
  • Photographs of Robert Dow Nisbet, Alice Nisbet, c1945, Jack Hendry Ballantine c1970, Alice and Jack Ballantine, June 1995.
  • Correspondence to Alice Nisbet, 4 letters, 1938-1995

Ballantine, John Hendry

Group photograph of Haswell Miller alongside a group of students representing Rembrandt's 'Anatomy Lesson'

The photograph features a group of eleven male students. One of them is lying on an elevated flat surface with his core undressed, while the others gather around him.

The reverse of the photograph shows the text "E; J; C. Haswell doing a tableau of Rembrandt's Anatomy Lesson at Glasgow School of Art (1903-4?)".

*Not available / given

Group photograph featuring Haswell Miller alongside three students of the Academy of Fine Arts of Munich

The photograph features Archibald Haswell Miller in the centre back of the image alongside three other students of the Academy of Fine Arts of Munich. The annotations below the photograph show the names "John R. Covert", "Oliver Smock", A Haswell Miller ("Glasgow-Muller"), and "Louis ("Consul") Miller". They also show the text "Vier Kunstakademiker. München 1909 - / John R. Covert / Oliver Smock / A Haswell Miller ("Glasgow-Muller") / Louis ("Consul") Miller. I [...] taken at a small fair in Munich Spring 1909. The screen represents the [...] of a Zeppelin airship the first of which had just visited Munich with great excitement."

An annotation on the top right corner of the cardboard shows "1909".

*Not available / given

Paris 2008

Travel journal, including sketches, drawings, paintings and notes, mixed media collages, and photographs.

Cosgrove, James

Photograph of the Eildon Hills view painting

A monochrome photograph of a watercolour painting depicting the landscape of the Eildon Hills in Melrose, viewed from Dryburgh, Scotland. Signed "W. Meldrum" on the backing paper, with the annotation "The Eildon Hills. From Dryburgh" on the reverse, but not dated. Presumed to be part of the same series as the identical photograph (DC 120/2/14).

Meldrum, William

Poster for The Glasgow School Of Art fine art degree show

This poster advertised the work of graduating students from the fine art department who were exhibiting as part of The Glasgow School Of Art's annual degree show in 1990. The exhibition included work by students studying environmental art, painting, photography, printmaking and scupture. The poster features a photograph taken by Andrew Stark which shows the exhibitors sitting on the steps of the Mackintosh Building. Martin Boyce winner of the Turner Prize in 2011 can be seen sitting in the front row fifth from the left. The poster was designed at The Glasgow School Of Art and printed by David J Clark Limited. Students in the photograph include: - Martin Boyce - Alan Bullas - Alison Chisholm - Michelle Davies - Alex Dempster - Laura Donnelly - Barry Fielder - Alan Frame - Jim Hamlen - Moray Hillary - Richard Leroyd - Christina McBride - Jackie Munro-McGoldrick - Calum Angus McKay - Gregory Patterson - Alan Pike - Leslie Pontin - Mark Sadler - Ross Sinclair - Andrew Sneddon This list was compiled with the help of Eddie Stewart who tutors in the school's painting and printmaking department. Stewart previously studied fine art at The Glasgow School Of Art at both undergraduate and postgraduate level and is pictured in the degree show posters from 1988 and 1990. A key naming each student can be found alongside this poster.

David J Clark Ltd

Photograph of a painting featuring a boat on the river Tweed

A monochrome photograph of a watercolour landscape painting depicting two people near the river Tweed in Melrose, Scotland. One person is standing towards the river, while another is on a floating boat in the painting. Signed "W. Meldrum," but not dated. Includes the annotation "The Tweed near Melrose" on the reverse of backing paper.

Meldrum, William

Poster for The Glasgow School Of Art degree show

This poster advertised The Glasgow School Of Art's annual degree show in 1985. The degree show included work by graduating students studying drawing and painting, photography, printmaking, murals, stained glass and sculpture. The image on the poster shows the exhibitors standing in the Mackintosh Museum and in the mezzanine space in the centre of the Mackintosh Building. The photograph was taken by Vaughan Judge who was a previous lecturer at The Glasgow School Of Art. The poster was designed at the school and printed by David J Clark Limited.

Judge, Vaughan

Group photograph featuring Haswell Miller alongside students of the Academy of Fine Arts of Munich

The item shows two different photographs. The first photograph features Archibald Haswell Miller smoking a pipe in the centre of the image, alongside a group of seventeen male and one female students. The annotations below the photograph inform it was taken at the Academy of Fine Arts of Munich. The text reads "The Marrschule. Munich Akademie 1909. [...] as G.C. with halo hold by Baliut".

The second photograph features John R. Covert sitting in a rocket chair. The annotations on the left hand side show the text "John R. Covert. American faint abstract painter. In Munich 1910". The annotation on the right hand side show the text "Here he is – a malen. Oh see [...] he sits and [...]. He'll paint – perhaps. And perhaps? –".

An annotation on the top right corner of the cardboard shows "1909-10".

The reverse of the cardboard lists the names and background of the nineteen students in the first photograph. It is supported by a map placing the subjects in the photograph.

*Not available / given

Group photograph featuring Haswell Miller alongside students and staff of the Academy of Fine Arts of Munich

The photograph features Archibald Haswell Miller in the centre of the image, alongside a group of sixteen males and one female in a studio. The man on the right end of the image seems to be an academic. The annotations show the text "MARR SCHULE. MUNICH ACADEMY April 1909", lists the names of some of the people in the photograph and is supported by a map placing them in the photograph.

An annotation on the top right corner of the cardboard shows "1909".

*Not available / given

Two portrait photographs of Haswell Miller

The item shows two different portrait photographs of Archibald Haswell Miller. The annotation of the first photograph shows the text "London 1912 at 25". The annotation of the second photograph shows the text "Venice 1910 at 23".

An annotation on the top right corner of the cardboard shows "1910-12".

*Not available / given

Family Papers

Papers of the Newbery family including papers dating to after Newbery's retirement; papers of his wife, Jessie Newbery; and documents relating to Mary Newbery Sturrock, daughter of Francis and Jessie Newbery. Papers as follows:

  • DIR/5/38/6/1: Letter from F R Benson of the Royalty Theatre, Glasgow, to Miss Newbery enclosing tickets for a Box for the play 'Much Ado', 12 Mar 1906 (1 sheet).

  • DIR/5/38/6/2: Headed letter paper of Francis Newbery, Eastgate, Corfe Castle, Dorset, c1918 (10 sheets).

  • DIR/5/38/6/3: Order of Proceedings for the inauguration of the Sign of Saint Edward, King and Martyr, Patron Saint of the Village, at Corfe Castle. Newbery made many of the readings at the event, 02 Jul 1927 (1 item).

  • DIR/5/38/6/4: Cardboard silhouette of Francis and Jessie Newbery in a photograph mount, c1930s (1 item).

  • DIR/5/38/6/5: Letters and fragments of letters from Jessie Newbery to her daughter Elsie and perhaps Mary. One of the letters to Elsie is dated 24 Sep 1934. The other letters are fragmentary and include topics such as recipes, books and sewing projects, c1934. (4 sheets)

  • DIR/5/38/6/6: Letter from George M Baltus to Mr and Mrs Newbery catching up with them following the Second World War, telling them of his experiences during that time, and telling them family news, 07 Jan 1946 (1 sheet).

  • DIR/5/38/6/7: File of photographs, pressclippings, sketches, designs, documents and letters relating to Mary Newbery Sturrock, daughter of Francis and Jessie Newbery, c1930s-80s (1 folder). File includes:

  • DIR/5/38/6/7/1: postcard of ‘Port Vendres’, watercolour by Charles Rennie Mackintosh c1926-27, dated 1979;

  • DIR/5/38/6/7/2: mounted photograph of Mary Newbery Sturrock at South Gray Street Edinburgh, undated;

  • DIR/5/38/6/7/3: letter from Mary Newbery Sturrock thanking her correspondent (name not given) for the Mackintosh card and about her memories of the doors of The Glasgow School of Art being white, 16 Oct 1984;

  • DIR/5/38/6/7/4: mounted photograph of Mary Newbery Sturrock and another woman, front of mount reads ‘Wedding’, undated;

  • DIR/5/38/6/7/5: pressclipping from the Helensburgh Advertiser about the opening of a special Mackintosh exhibition held at the Hill House, 03 May 1977;

  • DIR/5/38/6/7/6: card addressed to Mary, from ‘Pamela’ thanking her for a recent note. Front of card depicts ‘Painted gesso panel set with glass beads and shell’ by Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh, 1904, card is undated.

  • DIR/5/38/6/7/7: postcard from ‘Pat’ and Harry Barnes to Mary Newbery Sturrock, from Port-Vendres in France, 1981.

  • DIR/5/38/6/7/8: postcard from Tom Howarth to Mary Newbery Sturrock, from Port-Vendres in France, undated; photograph of Jessie and Francis Newbery; photograph of Mary Newbery Sturrock and another woman; photograph of two women, one likely Mary Newbery Sturrock, signed ‘Whiteleigh, Christmas 66’, 1966;

  • DIR/5/38/6/7/9: photographs of Mary Newbery Sturrock (x4), undated;

  • DIR/5/38/6/7/10: photographs of Mary Newbery Sturrock (x3), undated; close-up photograph of a necklace, undated;

  • DIR/5/38/6/7/11: photographs of Mary Newbery Sturrock (x2), undated;

  • DIR/5/38/6/7/12: photographs of Mary Newbery Sturrock (x2), undated;

  • DIR/5/38/6/7/13: photographs of Mary Newbery Sturrock and family (x4), undated;

  • DIR/5/38/6/7/14: photograph of Eastgate, Corfe Castle, undated; photographs of Jessie and Francis Newbery at Eastgate (x3), undated;

  • DIR/5/38/6/7/15: photograph of Jessie and Francis Newbery and family, undated; photograph of village street, likely Corfe Castle;

  • DIR/5/38/6/7/16: letter from Rodrigo Rodriguez of Cassina S.p.A to Mary Sturrock regarding the terms of an agreement between them for the reproduction of items (cutlery and the 'Six Columns Clock') designed for Sturrock by C.R. Mackintosh, 30 Oct 1979;

  • DIR/5/38/6/7/17: change of address card for Mr and Mrs A. R. Sturrock, from 2 Mansfield Place Edinburgh to 13 South Gray Street, c1945 (7 copies);

  • DIR/5/38/6/7/18: two hand-printed floral designs with addition of watercolour, unsigned and undated (possibly 1937 based on related designs); two versions of a hand-printed design with addition of watercolour depicting a woman with floral headdress, signed ‘M.N.S.’, undated (possibly 1937 based on related designs);

  • DIR/5/38/6/7/19: hand-printed floral Christmas card design with addition of watercolour and ink, back of card is signed ‘C.R., 1/-', dated 1937;

  • DIR/5/38/6/7/20: bundle of sketchbook and loose pages featuring sketches of, notes about and designs for ceramics, unsigned and undated (one example, drawn on the back of a card to Mary reads ‘wishing her good business and good health in 1956’);

  • DIR/5/38/6/7/21: invitation for exhibition of Sigrid Mavor (Ceramic flora and fauna) and M.N. Sturrock (Flower Drawings) from 30 Oct – 10 Nov at ‘The Open Eye Gallery’ Edinburgh [1982];

  • DIR/5/38/6/7/22: letter from Alison Adburgham to MNS Sturrock in response to a letter sent by Sturrock related to her family history and relationship to Liberty fabrics, 01 Jul 1983;

  • DIR/5/38/6/7/23: interview between Mary Newbery Sturrock and Tony Jones (director of GSA 1980-1986) about the history of The Glasgow School of Art, Fra Newbery and Charles Rennie Mackintosh, c1980.

Newbery, Francis Henry

Group photograph featuring Haswell Miller alongside three students of the Academy of Fine Arts of Munich

The photograph features Archibald Haswell Miller in the centre back of the image alongside three other students of the Academy of Fine Arts of Munich. The annotations below the photograph show the text "R. Covert" and "A Haswell Miller".

The reverse of the photograph shows the text "AEHM in Germany (Munich) as a student (about 21 yrs)".

*Not available / given

Photograph of a mural by Francis H. Newbery

The photograph features a religious mural. The carboard displays an inscription by Francis H. Newbery dedicating the photograph to Archibald Haswell Miller. The backside of the carboard shows the original measurements of the mural and additional notes.

Newbery, Francis Henry

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