Images of Glasgow 1680-1980

[Vinegar Tom]

Small but perfectly formed exhibition at The Hidden Lane Gallery , 1081 Argyle Street G3 8LZ.

"An exhibition gathering together a hundred depictions of Glasgow through the ages by some of the many artists – citizens and visitors alike – who have recorded the changing faces of the city during the past four centuries. Quality prints of most of these will be available to order through the Gallery, or on the website.

Paintings, prints, etchings, photographs, lithographs, drawings (and even needlework and an ancient piece of stained glass of Saint Mungo) showing the changing city over the centuries.

Photographs by Thomas Annan from the 1870’s show the now romanticised squalor of what is today the Merchant City, enlarged by the Annan Gallery in 1926 from the original plates.

Coloured lithographs of the Clyde and the Cathedral from the early and mid 1800’s, and a glimpse of paintings from the Foulis Academy exhibited in the Old University of Glasgow in the High Street in the 1760’s.

A window on the city in the 1930’s as seen through the lens of Margaret Watkins, whose work goes on display in a major exhibition in the National Gallery of Canada in October and a fascinating panorama, drawn from a balloon suspended above the Gorbals and published in the Illustrated London News in 1864 – with detail clearly identifiable around much of the city including Wellington, without his bollard, in place outside the now Gallery of Modern Art.

And lots more.

Until end August 2012. "

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Well worth it for the fantastic pictures by Muirhead Bone

[beneld]

Thanks for pointing this out Tom. I went yesterday and it is fantastic. The big panorama picture eats up a lot of time.

Just for the picture with the bovril sandwiches or the one with the adverts and gravestones it would be worth while.

[old jock]

Went today and was there a couple of hours mainly staring at the 1860s panorama in the center.

Dammed fine little exhibition and worth it for the panorama alone.

Going back with a copy of the Get Mapping book to see if I can compare some of the roadways. Due to realignment some of them got me quite confused.

Many thanks for posting it up

John

[Vinegar Tom]

Went today and was there a couple of hours mainly staring at the 1860s panorama in the center.

Dammed fine little exhibition and worth it for the panorama alone.

All I saw of the panorama was the ticket describing it - it was the day after the opening and the glass had been damaged by an over-refreshed person at the opening night. The picture was away for repair, but luckily enough the person who caused the damage was the owner

[old jock]

You need to pay another visit then VT IMHO.

Its the 1860s Sulman print, it is brilliant picking out buildings on it still here and trying to figure out the streets

If you do plan PM me I'm not so far and take a walk over too

John

[Fossil]

You need to pay another visit then VT IMHO.

Its the 1860s Sulman print, it is brilliant picking out buildings on it still here and trying to figure out the streets

If you do plan PM me I'm not so far and take a walk over too

John

yeah let me know and I'll join you

[Vinegar Tom]

You need to pay another visit then VT IMHO.

Its the 1860s Sulman print, it is brilliant picking out buildings on it still here and trying to figure out the streets

If you do plan PM me I'm not so far and take a walk over too

John

yeah let me know and I'll join you

I can do a return visit on Saturday afternoon if anyone can make it?

[old jock]

VT Sounds good to me

Let me know a time and I'll see ya there, and possibly Foss, if he can make it

John