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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.

Includes:

• graphic designs
• watercolours
• architectural drawings
• sketches.

Drawing of standing figure.

Inscribed 'Dave Cohen - Lys Hansen/ Pete Bevan/JC'. Sketches, mostly portraits, and notes regarding exhibition. Also a design for fish plates, and biblical references.

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.

Sketches of figures.

Various chair designs. Inserted newspaper article "Art students show the fun side of degree courses", Clare Henry, Glasgow Herald Tuesday 14th June 1983. Including photograph of Paul Cosgrove.

Sketchbook, drawings of figures, some loose inserts. Inside of front cover states "Jimmy Cosgrove Glasgow School of Art 1983". Inside of back cover states "Jimmy Cosgrove Rome Notebook 1982".

Sketchbook including illustrations of landscapes and abstract landscapes, mostly from Morvich and Rothesay. Including printouts from jimmycosgrove.files.wordpress.com from 2016.

Sketchbook including abstract designs, paintings and drawings, including some landscapes and portraits, designs for Christmas card. Loose inserts including life drawings.

Inside front cover is inscribed "This is one for London, March 2015". Includes sketches of figures, and landscapes.

Sketches, drawings, paintings, collage, poems and notes. Includes entries relating to visit to Rijksmuesum, Amsterdam.

Sketches, drawings, and notes, including cityscapes and landscapes.

Sketches, drawings, paintings, and poetry from travels around Mexico City.

Sketches from travel in Paris and London.

Sketchbook started in Paris, includes sketches of 'One Minute Sculptures' by Erwin Wurm. Also, landscape sketches of Wester Ross.

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

Travel diary entries, including collages of maps, photographs and tickets, often overpainted and illustrated. Including a study of Bristol Cathedral.

Sketches of landscapes, figures and still lives. Some portraits and representations of astrological symbols. Includes design for and exhibition of the Estate House Buildings of Govan, possibly to be shown at the Centre for Art and Heritage at the HOuse for an Art Lover.

Sketches relating to the architecture and culture in Arizona. Back cover inscribed: "Jimmy Cosgrove. Paris October 1993/ Arizona March 2002"

Sketchbook labelled 'James Cosgrove' on inside of front cover. Variety of coloured and monochrome designs and illustrations. Several loose works including one Christmas card design.

Includes drawings and landscape paintings and sketches, notes and designs of the playground, Grounds for Play, and the Art Park centre for Art and Heritage at House for an Art Lover, Bellahouston Park, Glasgow. Also includes a series of 14 photographic reproductions of acrylic paintings of landscapes.

Further title, 'Odds and Ends'. Sketches, printed and annotated poems, and stories. Designs of Landscape Brooches. Notes at the back of sketchbook regarding the history of the House for an Art Lover.

Illustrations, sketches, collage, including some loose drawings stored in the back pocket. Includes landscapes, seascapes, and portraits, and some writing about the weather.

Drawings and paintings, including landscapes, still lives, and sketches.

Drawings and paintings, including landscapes and figurative representations.

Sketchbook containing c. 100 paintings. Includes reproductions and over-paintings, collages, and poems.

Journal entries and recounts of visit to Cranbrook College, Washington, and Detroit. Includes live commentary of the Cranbrook College Fashion Show.

Contains sketches, notes and stories, including writing on airports. Some pages headed 'Las Fallas, Valencia, March 2005' and 'Route 66'. Includes sketches for a landscape series.

Contains sketches and notes.

Loose photocopies of pages from the Egypt 1990 notebook.

Sketchbook, inside cover reads 'EGYPT Luxor - October 12 1990 via London October 11. Sketches, text and tickets. Original copy.

Glasgow School of art Third Year Printed Textiles sketchbook labelled 'Botanic Gardens 1969'. Abstract designs.

Sketchbooks from James Cosgrove's time as a student at the Glasgow School of Art, as a member of staff of the Glasgow School of Art, and as a Director of the House for an Art Lover. Also includes travel journals and sketchbooks documenting trips to Mexico, the United States of America, the Highlands of Scotland, London, Paris and Amsterdam.

Collection includes artworks and sketchbooks made by Jimmy Cosgrove as a student at the Glasgow School of Art; while working as a Tutor and the Director of the Glasgow School of Art; and afterwards, including work relating to the House for an Art Lover, and documenting travels across Europe, North America, and Mexico.

This collection contains:

• Notebooks, a sketchbook, scrapbooks, and student work from John Walter Lindsay's time at The Glasgow School of Art, 1943-1950
• Recollections of staff & students and his time at The Glasgow School of Art, 1990s
• Scrapbook giving an account of his travels following the award of the Haldane Travel Scholarship, 1950
• Miscellaneous magazine cuttings concerning architecture, c1950s-1990s
• Folder arranged by Lindsay containing material relating to Charles Rennie Mackintosh, 1968-1999
• Folder arranged by Lindsay containing correspondence, 1968-2006
• Photographs of Keppie Henderson Architects building models, c1950s-1990s
• Folder arranged by Lindsay containing material relating to his architectural career, c1940s-1990s

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