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Drawing of buildings

Various high-rise buildings in a hill-like formation. Appears to be a monument with six levels and a long cuboid at the top. Gated lot with street lamps surrounding it in the foreground. "The Forerunner by Merejkowski" is written at the top right which is the second novel in a trilogy by Dmitry Merezhkovsky titled "The Romance of Leonardo da Vinci" originally published in 1900. "Merejkowski" written four times below. Helen Biggar did illustrations for a later edition of this novel published after 1926.

Biggar, Helen Manson

Photograph of a sculpture (front)

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

Drawing of three figures and eyes

Pencil drawing of three figures/sculptures which all appear to be female. Sculptures looking in three different directions. The word "futile" seems to be written to the right of the women. Four drawn eyes that seem to be similar to the Egyptian Eye of Horus verso.

Biggar, Helen Manson

Photograph of Sydney d'Horne Shepherd

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

Drawing of three men

Pencil drawing of three men in what appears to be a bath house lounging and conversing. Includes windows and plants in the background. Signed. Dark blue mount. "45" and "50" verso. '"Three Brothers" c.1930." on the back top left and "Shepherd 5250" on the top right.

Shepherd, Sydney d'Horne

Papers of Archibald Haswell Miller

  • DC 098
  • Collection
  • [1885-1943]

A variety of loose artworks, cover designs, correspondence, ephemera, and photographs completed by and belonging to Archibald Haswell Miller. The collections includes proofs for book covers and pamphlets, personal correspondence relating to his studies and subsequent career, different ephemera relating to Haswell Miller's student days and photographs of artworks and students and staff members of The Glasgow School of Art.

This collection also includes material relating to Georges-Marie Baltus (DC 098/2) , including photographs of his artworks and his Italian and European trips, and Francis H. Newbery (DC 098/3).

Miller, Archibald E Haswell

Ephemera

A variety of ephemera primarily dating to the days of Archibald Haswell Miller as a student at The Glasgow School of Art.

Royal Glasgow Institute of Fine Arts

Newscutting featuring advertisement for the Art School Festival

The newscutting informs of the reception and dance that were held at The Glasgow School of Art on the day it was published. The evening entertainment included the presentation of two plays by Francis H. Newbery. It shows photographs of four principals in the plays: Miss J. Cameron, Mr A. G. Crombie, Mr J. C. M'Fayden, and Mr J. Huck.

Originally located within folder (DC 098/1/4).

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Artworks

A variety of paintings and artworks completed by Archibald Haswell Miller and Josephine Haswell Miller, including urban landscapes, portraits, and military scenes. Some of these items are dated to their time as teaching staff at The Glasgow School of Art.

Miller, Archibald E Haswell

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)".

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Newscutting featuring the Scottish Art Club's Show

The photograph features a group of six men looking at a set of paintings hung on the wall.

The newscutting is titled "At a Scottish Art Club's Show". The supporting text reads "A group of artists and members of the Hanging Committee at the annual exhibition of work by members of the Glasgow Art Club, which is being held in the club's premises just now.–"Bulletin" Photograph."

An annotation on the top right corner of the cardboard shows "1926?".

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Newscutting featuring Haswell Miller alongside a group of people in the McLellan Galleries

The photograph features a senior group of ten men and two women. Archibald Haswell Miller is standing in the back, fourth from the left.

The supporting text reads "Yesterday was "touching-up day" for the R.S.W. Exhibition in the M'Lellan Galleries, Glasgow, where our camera man secured this interesting study. The group includes Robert Eadie, Norah Neilson Gray, R. C. Young, James Kay, Haswell Miller, A. M'Bride, J. W. Wright, A. P. Thomson (sitting), Tom Hunt, Miss Raeburn, Arch. Kay, and D. Fulton."

An annotation on the top right corner of the cardboard shows "1928?".

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Newscutting featuring Haswell Miller at the Meeting of the Governors

The photograph features Archibald Haswell Miller and Josephine Haswell Miller alongside a group of males and females.

The supporting text reads "A group at the meeting of the Governors of the Glasgow School of Art this week, when Mr John D. Revel (centre), of Chelsea, was introduced to the board on the occasion of his taking up duty.–"Bulletin" Photo." The newscutting is supported by a handwritten map located below it. It offers the list of names and the location of the subjects in the photograph.

The cardboard also displays additional annotations by Haswell Miller: "We accepted him with all kindness and welcome. After a few weeks he called the staff together and practically told us he was going to sack the lot! I anticipated this by accepting the keepership of the National Galleries. Edinburgh. (Not very well qualified but standard were low in 1930)".

An annotation on the top right corner of the cardboard shows "c1928". Additional annotations below the photograph identify the people featured in it.

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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".

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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.

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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".

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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".

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Photograph of Haswell Miller dressed as a medieval King

The photograph features Archibald Haswell Miller dressed as a medieval King. The annotations show the text "Glasgow 1910 / I stood in [...] A. L. Jackson (a handsome fellow student or staff [...]) as a King in a [...] which in retrospect was quite a fine production at the School of Art. (I [...] the [...] grown beard did it for me!)".

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

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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?)".

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