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In this age of digital recreations, let’s not forget the value of drawing. Find out in this blog from @UofGlasgow Archaeology Masters student, Rosemary Hanson, why object illustrations remain so important to #archaeology: https://t.co/wYnJ8hNuXx
@Reconsiderarch @UofGArcheo
This wonderful self portrait by artist Michael Kidd (1977) was donated to The Hunterian @UofGlasgow in 2004 by poet Edwin Morgan and currently features in our online exhibition ‘Edwin Morgan: An Eardley on My Wall’. https://t.co/dPxgYy3Oqt
#FridayFaces #HunterianFromHome
This 1949 painting ‘After the Ball' is a tribute by Austrian artist Marie-Louise von Motesiczky to her brother Karl who died in Auschwitz. It shows him and girlfriend Aagot, after a fancy dress ball in Vienna. GLAHA:57988 #FridayFaces #PeopleBehindthePortraits
Today's #HunterianPortrait shows ‘Bonnie Prince Charlie’ dressed as Flora Macdonald’s Irish servant woman, Betty Burke. In this disguise he avoided capture by Hanoverian troops searching for him. Produced c1746 by John M. Williams. GLAHA:44498
#Art #PeopleBehindthePortraits
Before his death, Scottish writer/artist Alasdair Gray generously donated a number of his original drawings for illustrations of his novels to The Hunterian. ‘Portrait of Bella Caledonia’ for ‘Poor Things’ is this week’s #HunterianPortrait. GLAHA:51830
#Art #FridayFaces
A new Sunday feature, works from 'The Hunterian Poems' online exhibition and the artwork which inspired it. ‘The Dancers' by Alan Riach, inspired by 'Les Eus' (1910) by JD Fergusson, one of our most popular works. Read the poem https://t.co/uDYSG1hpxI
©Image The Fergusson Gallery
We’re returning to France today with Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot’s ‘Distant View of Corbeil from behind the trees: Morning’. Corot was a pivotal figure in landscape painting and his work influenced the Impressionists and Glasgow Boys. #MuseumFromHome #ArtCanHelp #QuaranTeamUofG
(1/2) HAP 2020 is ready to launch with 6 new projects. For #Gilmorehill150, anniversary of the @UofGlasgow main building, let's look back on Ruth Turner’s HAP project: @hunterian objects made from the timbers of the Old College. https://t.co/ya7QXNUvOy @UofGlasgowASC
This specimen from The Hunterian collection @UofGlasgow is the first example of Goliath beetle ever recorded. As one of the largest beetles known at the time, it was one of the earliest and most significant additions to Hunter’s insect cabinet! #QuaranTeamUofG #MuseumFromHome
‘Exploration’ closes today. 😢😢 Last chance to see this fascinating exhibition about expedition triumph and tragedy! Hunterian Museum @UofGlasgow. Open from 11.00am – 4.00pm. Admission free.