Item GB 098/1/6/7 - Sketchbook dated 1913-1926

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GB 098/1/6/7

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Sketchbook dated 1913-1926

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  • 1913-1926 (Creation)

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Archibald Haswell Miller's sketchbook, dated 1913-14 (Naples, Sicily, Spain) and 1926 (Crendon). The inside page lists two addresses, Villa Mario Guercia, Via Nvoya 37, Posillipo, Napoli, and Mansfield Lodge, Minard Avenue, Partickhill, Glasgow. The sketchbook contains various drawings, paintings and designs. Some of which are of places in England (Aylesbury) and in Italy. Stuck on the back page is an advertisement for coloured paint. Inside the book there is a photograph stuck to one of the pages of Abingdon Town Hall and Statue.

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(1887-1979)

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Haswell Miller was a painter and curator, born in Glasgow, where he studied at The Glasgow School of Art under Maurice Greiffenhagen and Jean Delville, 1906-9, then for a year in Munich. He was married to the artist Josephine Miller. Miller taught at The Glasgow School of Art for 20 years from 1910, apart from during World War I, then was keeper and deputy director of the National Galleries of Scotland, 1930-52. He also held positions with the Royal Fine Arts Commission, National Buildings Record and Scottish Council. He also wrote, especially on military uniforms. He sometimes signed his work H M, and exhibited at RSW, of which he was a member, and RSA, also RA and Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts. Imperial War Museums and Glasgow Museums and Art Galleries hold his work. He lived for many years in Edinburgh but latterly in Gillingham, Dorset. A E Haswell Miller appears on The Glasgow School of Art's First World War Roll of Honour, where he is commemorated as a captain of the Highland Light Infantry. He was decorated with a military cross. If you have any more information, please get in touch.

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220 x 175 mm

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Catalogued by Ellie Smith, student work placement, Jul 2024.

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