I couldn't sleep last night. Normally I'm a sound sleeper...anyway the upshot of that was the proceeding night shots. Much better to go out and take some photos than watch dodgy quiz cr*p on the telly. This shot is similar to an earlier one posted back in Feb 07 but taken with my new sigma lens.

The figures are by William Vickers (c.1851–1922)

Orange and brown - study in quadrilaterals.

A quick snap of Glasgow's major motorway on my way to the station.

The Mitchell Library.

State Library, Sydney

A sculpture of the figure of Wisdom, seated on a throne by Johan Keller,

I liked this quote. Page from the exhibition catalogue (54 pages, yours for a donation) of "A Grand Obsession : DS Mitchell", currently at the State Library of NSW. I'd definitely recommend a visit. See my other related photos...

www.atmitchell.com/events/exhibitions/2007/mitchell/

Governor Phillip Fountain in the Royal Botanical Gardens and Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales

Good Weekend ad for Crowle Collection Feb 1985 .

York Strre Citroen Buick, Treaty of Versailles, Finnemore, Crowle Home, Pan and Pandora, Once Upon a Time.

Gargoyle, see below...

The Mitchell Library, Glasgow

Aids Day Scotland

The Mitchell Library.

Memorial Tablet to Francis Thornton Barrett (1838–1919) by George Henry Paulin (1888–1962).

Inscribed on the front - Francis Thornton Barrett, LL.D / FIRST LIBRARIAN OF THE MITCHELL LIBRARY / FROM 1977 / AND CITY LIBRARIAN FROM 1901 TO 1915 / ERECTED BY THE CORPORATION OF GLASGOW / IN APPRECIATION OF HIS DISTINGUISHED / SERVICES IN INITIATING AND DEVELOPING / PUBLIC LIBRARIES / THROUGHOUT THE CITY

George Henry Paulin (1888–1962) - Sculptor, born at Muckhart, near Dollar, Scotland, where he attended the Academy, then studied at Edinburgh College of Art under Percy Portsmouth. Also studied in Rome, Florence and Paris, 1911–14. Brother of the painter Jeanie Wright Ellis. Paulin exhibited RA, RSA, Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts, RI and in the provinces. Among his notable works are a statue in Hampstead, London, to the ballerina Anna Pavlova and a bronze bust of the artist Sir John Lavery. Paulin’s work could often be witty, in a classical style, examples being Fountain Group for a Bird Bath and The Chase, pictured in the volume RBS: Modern British Sculpture, published in 1939. Paulin was a fellow of the RBS. Lived in London.

Text source: 'Artists in Britain Since 1945' by David Buckman (Art Dictionaries Ltd, part of Sansom & Company)

Mitchell Library, Glasgow

Mitchell library, Glasgow. I really like the sky but was far to gleeful at the fluky shot that is now day 4!

Aids Day Scotland

Selection of shots from a night out wandering Glasgow. A nice quiet night away from gigs (spent next to the busiest motorway in the country? head check tomorrow!)

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