Decorative border detail

• Reference:GB 1694 NMC/0625
• Dates of Creation:1920s
• Name of Creator:
  Hunter, William R
  Jackson, May
• Physical Description:
  1

• Scope and Content

  Selection of decorative borders.

• Administrative / Biographical History

  William Reid Hunter was born in Alloa on the 24th of February 1896 to Nellie Lennox Hunter (née Reid) and George Hunter, a grocer. He studied drawing and painting at The Glasgow School of Art for a year in 1914 before enlisting with the Royal Army Medical Corps. He returned to the School in 1918, where he continued to study drawing and painting until 1924 while working as a teacher. He is listed on the School's World War One Roll of Honour.

• Acquisition Information

  Mr & Mrs Thompson, Sept 1994.

• Note

  William Reid Hunter was born in Alloa on the 24th of February 1896 to Nellie Lennox Hunter (née Reid) and George Hunter, a grocer. He studied drawing and painting at The Glasgow School of Art for a year in 1914 before enlisting with the Royal Army Medical Corps. He returned to the School in 1918, where he continued to study drawing and painting until 1924 while working as a teacher. He is listed on the School's World War One Roll of Honour.

• Physical Characteristics and/or Technical Requirements

  gouache on cream paper
  Dimensions: 225 x 250 mm

• Additional Information

  Published

• Subjects

  Design (arts)

  Paintings (visual works)