- NMC/1875
- Item
- 1936
Decorative poster map of the county of Lanarkshire with coats of arms of major towns
Dewar, De Courcy Lewthwaite
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Decorative poster map of the county of Lanarkshire with coats of arms of major towns
Dewar, De Courcy Lewthwaite
Photograph of the Cuillin Hills view painting
Part of Papers and photographs of William Meldrum, artist, student at The Glasgow School of Art, Scotland
A monochrome photograph of a watercolour painting depicting the view of the Cuillin Hills on the Isle of Skye, Scotland. Annotated "Loch Scavaig, The Cuillin Hills from the south" on the reverse, but not dated.
Meldrum, William
Photograph of Knoydart hill view painting
Part of Papers and photographs of William Meldrum, artist, student at The Glasgow School of Art, Scotland
A monochrome photograph of a watercolour painting featuring the distant landscape of Knoydart viewed from the Isle of Skye, Scotland. Annotated "The Knoydart Hill from Skye" on the reverse, but not dated.
Meldrum, William
Photograph of the Eildon Hills view painting
Part of Papers and photographs of William Meldrum, artist, student at The Glasgow School of Art, Scotland
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
Photograph of Tollcross Park view painting
Part of Papers and photographs of William Meldrum, artist, student at The Glasgow School of Art, Scotland
A black-and-white photograph of a watercolour painting featuring a view from Tollcross Park in Glasgow. A distant building, assumed to be a church, is visible over the woodland scenery. Annotated "Tollcross Park Glasgow" on the reverse, but not dated.
Meldrum, William
Photograph of a stream view painting
Part of Papers and photographs of William Meldrum, artist, student at The Glasgow School of Art, Scotland
A monochrome photograph of a watercolour painting depicting the stream in Clarkston, Scotland, as annotated "Placid Stream Clarkston" on the reverse. Signed "W. Meldrum," but not dated.
Meldrum, William
Photograph of a country house painting
Part of Papers and photographs of William Meldrum, artist, student at The Glasgow School of Art, Scotland
A monochrome photograph of a watercolour landscape painting depicting a house in the countryside. Signed "W. Meldrum," but not dated.
Meldrum, William
Photograph of a country mansion painting
Part of Papers and photographs of William Meldrum, artist, student at The Glasgow School of Art, Scotland
An accompanying photograph of the watercolour landscape painting featuring the mansion in the country. Presumed to be part of the same series as the identical photograph (DC 120/2/12). Signed "W. Meldrum" and dated "1920," assumed to be the year of creation of the painting.
Meldrum, William
Photograph of the Cuillin Hills landscape painting
Part of Papers and photographs of William Meldrum, artist, student at The Glasgow School of Art, Scotland
A monochrome photograph of a watercolour landscape painting featuring the Cuillin Hills viewed from Strathaird on the Isle of Skye, Scotland. Annotated "The Cuillin Hills from Strathaird, Loch Bracadale" on the reverse, but not dated.
Meldrum, William
Photograph of a country house painting
Part of Papers and photographs of William Meldrum, artist, student at The Glasgow School of Art, Scotland
An accompanying photograph of the watercolour landscape painting depicting the house in the country. Presumed to be part of the same series as the identical photograph (DC 120/2/10). Signed "W. Meldrum," but not dated.
Meldrum, William
Photograph of the Eildon Hills view painting
Part of Papers and photographs of William Meldrum, artist, student at The Glasgow School of Art, Scotland
A monochrome photograph of a watercolour painting depicting the landscape of the Eildon Hills in Melrose, Scotland. Signed "W. Meldrum" on the backing paper, with the annotation "Views of the Eildon Hills, Abbotsford" on the reverse, but not dated.
Meldrum, William
Photograph of the river Tweed landscape painting
Part of Papers and photographs of William Meldrum, artist, student at The Glasgow School of Art, Scotland
A monochrome photograph of a watercolour painting featuring the river Tweed in Melrose, Scotland. Annotated "The Tweed near Melrose" on the back side of the paper.
Meldrum, William
Photograph of a plain view painting
Part of Papers and photographs of William Meldrum, artist, student at The Glasgow School of Art, Scotland
A monochrome photograph of a watercolour painting featuring a plain in the country. This work is not dated.
Meldrum, William
Photograph of a country mansion painting
Part of Papers and photographs of William Meldrum, artist, student at The Glasgow School of Art, Scotland
A monochrome photograph of a watercolour landscape painting featuring a mansion in the country. Signed "W. Meldrum,"and dated "1920" assumed to be the date of creation of the painting.
Meldrum, William
Photograph of a painting featuring a boat on the river Tweed
Part of Papers and photographs of William Meldrum, artist, student at The Glasgow School of Art, Scotland
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
Part of Papers and photographs of William Meldrum, artist, student at The Glasgow School of Art, Scotland
A series of black-and-white photographs of William Meldrum's watercolour landscape drawings, showing diverse views of Scotland. A few items have been signed "W. Meldrum" or dated 1920. Some photographs have two identical versions in this collection.
Meldrum, William
Photograph of a park view painting
Part of Papers and photographs of William Meldrum, artist, student at The Glasgow School of Art, Scotland
A sepia-toned photograph of a watercolour painting depicting a park view. The bottom right side has been slightly degraded that the fibre-based layer separated from the paper base are exposed; presumed to be Gelatin silver printed. Undated.
Meldrum, William
Photograph of a bay view painting
Part of Papers and photographs of William Meldrum, artist, student at The Glasgow School of Art, Scotland
A sepia-toned photograph of a watercolour painting depicting Gourock Bay, as annotated "Gourock at the Clyde" on the reverse. Signed "W. Meldrum," but not dated.
Meldrum, William
Photograph of front yard painting
Part of Papers and photographs of William Meldrum, artist, student at The Glasgow School of Art, Scotland
A monochrome photograph of a watercolour painting depicting the front yard of a house. The paper has been faintly signed "W. Meldrum" on the bottom right, annotated "Skye" on the reverse, but not dated.
Meldrum, William
Part of Papers and photographs of William Meldrum, artist, student at The Glasgow School of Art, Scotland
A variety of artworks, including landscape drawings, designs and life sketches, unique paintings made of pressed seaweed, and one printed work. A few items have annotations, such as related locations to the works or some letters. None of them are dated, except for one piece of the seaweed work.
Meldrum, William
Part of Papers and photographs of William Meldrum, artist, student at The Glasgow School of Art, Scotland
A small print featuring the scenery in front of the courtyard of a Scottish manse. Annotated as "The Manse, Kilmore" on the upper left side, but not dated.
Meldrum, William
Papers and photographs of William Meldrum, artist, student at The Glasgow School of Art, Scotland
A number of sketches and photographs of works by William Meldrum. This collection includes figure and illustrative drawings, unique pieces made of seaweed, and a series of monochrome photographs featuring landscape paintings. Most of the items are undated however the dates of creation are presumed to fall between the 1880s and 1920s. A set of typewritten paper by an unknown author dated after 1966, features a brief biography of Meldrum and descriptions of two drawings along with their custodial histories.
William Meldrum tended to work on depicting city views of Glasgow in the early 20th century and landscapes of diverse areas in Scotland. He created multiple pieces of black-and-white photographs on which his paintings have been printed; some of the photographs have identical versions.
Meldrum, William
Part of Material relating to Gerard V Murphy, former GSA student
14 sheets of teaching examples and one title page, assumed to have been compiled as Murphy's portfolio during his career as an art teacher in schools located in Scotland, such as Motherwell RC High School and Coatbridge Secondary School. These teaching materials include pattern designs, graphic designs (possibly for students' school activities), and woodblock printmaking examples. Most items have been marked with the intended level of students as appropriate examples for education.
Murphy, Gerard V
Material relating to Gerard V Murphy, former GSA student
A variety of drawings and graphic designs created by Gerard V. Murphy, a former student at The Glasgow School of Art in the 1930s. The diverse subjects of his drawings include animals, plants, architecture, human anatomy and figures. A subfonds titled 'Teaching examples' features his teaching materials as an art teacher at schools, intended for printmaking techniques and pattern design education.
Most items have been marked with his name or student registration numbers, assuming they were created during his time as a student at GSA. The dominant materials in his works are pencil and watercolour, worked on cartridge paper.
Some of this material was damaged in the fire in GSA's Mackintosh Building on 23rd May 2014. Paper conservation was completed in 2019.
Murphy, Gerard V
Woodcut prints for teaching students
Part of Material relating to Gerard V Murphy, former GSA student
Five pieces of teaching examples for printmaking, attached to backing paper. A few prints were created using both intaglio and relief printing techniques, while the others are relief prints. Also used as teaching materials in schools in Scotland, as marked the level of students "Fifth year."
Murphy, Gerard V
Woodcut prints depicting the St George myth
Part of Material relating to Gerard V Murphy, former GSA student
Two multicolour-printed pieces of teaching examples for printmaking, attached to backing paper. These prints illustrate the heroic myth of Saint George slaying a dragon. Also used as teaching materials in schools in Scotland, as marked with the level of students "Sixth year."
Murphy, Gerard V
Woodcut prints of pattern designs and drawings
Part of Material relating to Gerard V Murphy, former GSA student
Nine pieces of teaching examples for printmaking, attached to backing paper. These woodcut-printed examples include two pattern designs and seven printed drawings. Also used as teaching materials in schools in Scotland, as marked the level of students "Fourth year."
Murphy, Gerard V
Printmaking examples for school activity posters
Part of Material relating to Gerard V Murphy, former GSA student
Six pieces of teaching examples for printmaking, attached to backing paper. A few prints have been engraved with letters indicating that these prints are intended for school activity poster designs. Also used as teaching materials in schools in Scotland, as marked the level of students "Fifth year."
Murphy, Gerard V
Woodcut printing examples for teaching students
Part of Material relating to Gerard V Murphy, former GSA student
Four pieces of teaching examples for printmaking, attached to backing paper. These woodcut prints were created using potentially intaglio and relief printing techniques. Also used as teaching materials in schools in Scotland, as marked with the level of students "Sixth year."
Murphy, Gerard V
Title page of teaching material portfolio
Part of Material relating to Gerard V Murphy, former GSA student
A title page for Murphy's teaching example portfolio. The sheet is attached to backing paper and titled "Printing."
Murphy, Gerard V
Graphic drawings for teaching pattern design
Part of Material relating to Gerard V Murphy, former GSA student
Four pieces of teaching examples for pattern designs, attached to backing paper. These pattern designs, featuring an interplay of waves and geometric shapes, were used as teaching materials in schools in Scotland, as marked the level of students "First year."
Murphy, Gerard V
Teaching examples of pattern design
Part of Material relating to Gerard V Murphy, former GSA student
Four pieces of teaching examples for pattern designs, attached to backing paper. These pattern designs were used as teaching materials in schools in Scotland, as marked the level of students "Second year."
Murphy, Gerard V
Part of Material relating to Gerard V Murphy, former GSA student
Three printed graphic designs featuring school magazine covers, annotated "Motherwell R.C. H.G. School Magazine." and attached to textured backing paper. This work was used as teaching material in schools in Scotland, as marked the level of students "Fifth year."
Murphy, Gerard V
Graphic designs for school magazines
Part of Material relating to Gerard V Murphy, former GSA student
Four printed graphic designs featuring school magazine covers, annotated "Coatbridge Secondary School Magazine" and "Airdrie Academy Magazine." The designs are attached to backing paper and two of them are dated 1937 and 1938. This work was used as teaching material in schools in Scotland, as marked the level of students "Fifth year."
Murphy, Gerard V
Teaching material for basic pattern design
Part of Material relating to Gerard V Murphy, former GSA student
Seven pieces of teaching examples for basic pattern designs, attached to backing paper. This work was used as teaching material in schools in Scotland, as marked the level of students "Primary 5-7."
Murphy, Gerard V
Teaching material for printmaking
Part of Material relating to Gerard V Murphy, former GSA student
Nine pieces of teaching examples for printmaking, attached to backing paper. These prints appear to be intended as teaching materials in schools in Scotland, as marked the level of students "Third year."
Murphy, Gerard V
Letter sent by Blackie & Son Ltd.
Blackie & Son Ltd. provides Archibald Haswell Miller with their requirements for the covers of the books 'Olaf the Glorious' and 'Westward with Columbus'.
Blackie and Son
Letter sent by Blackie & Son Ltd.
Blackie & Son Ltd. requests a colour frontispiece for a book titled 'Tales form Northern Sagas' by Donald MacKenzie.
Blackie and Son
Letter sent by Blackie & Son Ltd.
Blackie & Son Ltd. requests colour jackets for two books titled 'For Life and Liberty' by Gordon Stables and 'Silas Verney' by Edgar Pickering.
Blackie and Son
Letter sent by Blackie & Son Ltd.
Blackie & Son Ltd. requests Archibald Haswell Miller to remove the knife in the hand of a figure from the cover image of a book referred to as the 'Eagle'.
Blackie and Son
Letter sent by Blackie & Son Ltd.
Blackie & Son Ltd. informs Archibald Haswell Miller that the prices he charged for the covers of 'Tales from Northern Sagas' by Donald MacKenzie are above the company's normal scale. The publisher states the rates they can offer for the different drawings.
Blackie and Son
Letter sent by Blackie & Son Ltd.
Blackie & Son Ltd. requests covers and a cloth design for a book titled 'The Rover's Secret'.
Blackie and Son
Letter sent by Blackie & Son Ltd.
Blackie & Son Ltd. requests a new cover design for a book titled 'A Lad of Grit'.
Blackie and Son
Extract from a letter from Donald A. MacKenzie
Donald A. MacKenzie, author of 'Tales from Northern Sagas', gives insight into viking armours and weaponry for a correct design of the book covers.
The letter shows two sketches of soldiers on the reverse.
Mackenzie, Donald A
Extract from a letter from Donald A. MacKenzie (Version 2)
Mackenzie, Donald A
Extract from a letter from Donald A. MacKenzie (Version 1)
Mackenzie, Donald A
Proof for the covers and spine of a book titled 'The Brothers' by John Sillars
The front cover image features two men fighting. The back cover features a list of new books and editions by Blackwood. The spine features the book title, author and publishing details. The front inner cover shows a range of reviews of 'Blackwood's Magazine'. The back inner cover an order form for 'Blackwood's Magazine'.
Miller, Archibald E Haswell
Pamphlet titled 'Suggestions Supplement' promoting Suggestion Schemes
The image features two workers discussing their work responsibilities.
Miller, Archibald E Haswell
Letter sent by Blackie & Son Ltd.
Blackie & Son Ltd. requests two cover drawings for a book titled 'Olaf the Glorious' and enquires about Archibald Haswell Miller's interest in designing a cover in cloth for 'The Buccaneers of Boya'.
Blackie and Son
Cover for The Glasgow School of Art Club 'At Home' programme of music, 1909
The cover image features two women and two men.
Miller, Archibald E Haswell