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This institution also provides a list of works with incomplete provenance during the period 1933-1945.

HUNTERIAN MUSEUM AND ART GALLERY

University of Glasgow
Glasgow
G12 8QQ

CONTACT
Mungo Campbell, Deputy Director (Art Gallery)
Tel: 0141 330 4735
Fax: 0141 330 3618
E-mail m.campbell@museum.gla.ac.uk

GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF COLLECTION

1. OVERALL PLANS
PARTS OF COLLECTION EXCLUDED
Significant proportions of the collections came from William Hunter's 18th Century founding bequest and can therefore be excluded.

The Whistler and Mackintosh Estates may also be excluded on the same grounds that the collections were formed before 1933.

Scottish pictures

Archaeology of Scotland - of specific local origin.

Much of the geological collection comes directly from fieldwork.

INITIAL FOCUS FOR RESEARCH
The Smillie Collection, given to the University in 1963 by Miss Ina J Smillie, the daughter of a Glasgow violin-maker, contains twenty eight paintings the provenance of which forms the initial focus for our research. The majority of these are by Dutch and Flemish painters of the 17th Century.

In order to expedite research, the Gallery has identified items as low, medium and high priority. These are marked on the appended list with one, two and three stars respectively.

Remainder of fine and applied art collection.
Few purchases of paintings have been made and these have been well documented.

Other major gifts and bequests, including Old Masters are from collections formed well before 1933, even if acquired by the Hunterian after 1945. Preliminary investigations indicated that there were no pictures whose provenance was problematic during the relevant period.

Numismatic collections.
These have now been examined and it is believed that there have been no acquisitions whose provenance during the relevant period may be questioned.

The major founding elements of the Hunterian's print collection were acquired through two collectors, WR Scott (1940) and James McCallum (1939 & 1948). While the difficulties of establishing provenance in the field of multiples are considerable, the provenance of any groups of material from these collections which are found to come from identifiable sources will be fully researched.

TIMESCALE FOR RESEARCH
The provenance of the Smillie collection works mentioned above is being investigated as a matter of priority. This work is ongoing.
A major documentation project for the print collection was recently undertaken and will be resumed when resources permit.


2. RESEARCH PLANNED IN TARGET AREAS
METHOD OF RESEARCH
In addition to the detailed provenance research now underway on the Smillie pictures, a strategy for full cataloguing of the whole picture collection, including provenance research, is currently under discussion. Resources are currently being sought through grant applications to facilitate this work.


3. INFORMATION ON MAKING GENERAL ENQUIRIES ABOUT COLLECTION
Mungo Campbell,
Deputy Director,
Hunterian Museum & Art Gallery,
University of Glasgow,
Glasgow
G12 8QQ
0141 330 4735
m.campbell@museum.gla.ac.uk

COLLECTION RELATED ARCHIVES & DOSSIERS
The Hunterian maintains dossiers on individual works of art in its collections. These contain any attribution and provenance information where available. The dossiers are available for inspection by appointment on weekdays during normal Print Room opening hours.

PRESS OFFICE CONTACT DETAILS
Annie Vaz
Press and Publicity Services
University of Glasgow
Glasgow G12 8QQ
0141 330 3225
press@gla.ac.uk

WEBSITE
http://www.gla.ac.uk/museum