Scottish Prints to 1960
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Glasgow Museums has a collection of approximately 3,500 Scottish prints, which date from 1750 to 1960. This collection comprises relief and intaglio prints, of which etching constitutes the largest group. It boasts fine examples by all the best Scottish etchers of the period 1880–1930, including ‘The Big Four’ of the Etching Revival – Bone, Cameron, McBey and Strang – who were considered world leaders in the field. The Strang collection is the largest and most important of its kind in the world. It consists of some 1,700 proofs, in various states, of virtually all his plates. It covers portraits, landscapes, book illustration, genre and social comment. There are also over 100 prints by Bone, 200 prints by Cameron and 50 prints by McBey. Prior to 1880 printmaking was considered a means of reproduction, as opposed to a serious art form, and the collection has a good representation of such prints dating from this period and also from 1930 to 1960. This includes engravings and mezzotints after other masters and lithographic topographical illustrations.
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