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Treasure Houses of

Smithsonian-Mason Field School at the University of

Session I: June 25 – July 6, 2012; or Session II: July 9 – July 20, 2012

Provisional Timetable

Monday – Session I: June 25; Session II: July 9

9:15 Meet at , History of Art department, 8 University Gardens, room 308. Course Introduction: Dr. Hilary Macartney and Dr. Thea Stevens; registration, coffee, introductions, course themes, and tour of History of Art department and the Resource Centre

University of Glasgow (founded in 1451; the fourth oldest university in the English-speaking world)

11:00 Lecture: The of the Country House in Scotland

12:30 Lunch

2:00 Lecture: Social History and of Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Houses in Scotland

3:30 Tour of University of Glasgow campus

5:00 Welcome drinks party in History of Art: meet staff, graduate students and invited guests

Tuesday – Session I: June 26; Session II: July 10

9:30 Depart by coach to

10:00 Burrell Collection. Masterclass session on Sir William Burrell as a collector, with Liz Hancock. Held in the Hutton Rooms, this will focus on the late nineteenth-century practice of reconstructing historic interiors and ideas of castles of comfort

1 12:00 Presentation on Burrell’s collection of Scottish silver

12:30 Walk to House for lunch break in the ‘Kitchen’

Pollok House (1752; designed by William Adam)

2:00 . Masterclass session and discussion on the House, National Trust for Scotland (NTS), and Stirling Maxwell collections with Robert Ferguson (Manager, NTS)

4:00 Presentation on Lady Maxwell’s scrapbooks

5:00 Return by coach

Wednesday – Session I: June 27; Session II: July 11

9:00 Depart by coach for all-day study visits in Ayrshire

Dumfries House guided tour and masterclass session on furniture with David Jones () and Charlotte Rostek (Curator)

Dumfries House (built between 1754 and 1759 for the 5th Earl of Dumfries, and with a unique collection of Chippendale furniture, Dumfries has been described as an eighteenth-century time capsule since the principal rooms and their contents have remained virtually unchanged for 250 years)

12:30 Lunch

3:00 Visit to the Robert Burns Birthplace Museum; tour with curator Amy Miller. The site includes a rare survival of a working farmhouse and birthplace of Robert Burns, Scotland’s national bard. This new award-winning National Trust for Scotland museum is the centre of material culture studies around Burns and his impact on contemporary culture

2 Presentation on The Robert Burns Birthplace Museum as an interpretive centre of the poet

5:00 Return by coach to Glasgow. Student-led discussion and summing up of the day

Thursday – Session I: June 28; Session II: July 12

9:00 Departure by coach and ferry for all-day study visit to the

Visit Castle for historic overview of Bute family

Mount Stuart House (on the Isle of Bute; designed in the Gothic Revival style in 1880 for the 3rd )

11:00 Visit to Mount Stuart House: guided tour

1:00 Lunch at the Mount Stuart cafe

2:30 Masterclass session on the by Dr. Elizabeth Cumming

Presentations: 1.) The 3rd Marquess of Bute and the building of Mount Stuart; 2.) Nineteenth-century new technology at Mount Stuart

Friday – Session I: June 29; Session II: July 13

Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum (one of Britain’s most visited museums, with a collection of over 9,000 objects)

3 10:00 Visit to Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum in Glasgow. Welcome by Rebecca Quinton, curator of dress and textiles

11:00 Orientation tour of museum; time for self-guided visit

1:00 Lunch

2:00 Study visit to Special Collections, University of Glasgow Library. Meet outside the University Library for a session with a Special Collections Librarian (on Floor 12 – Henry Heaney Room) on some of the collection highlights, including manuscripts from Dr. William Hunter’s collection, emblem books from Sir William Stirling Maxwell’s collection, and books on early tourism and country houses in Scotland

3:15 Study session in Hunterian Museum on Dr. William Hunter’s collecting with Peter Black (Curator, Hunterian)

4:00 Presentation on William Hunter as a collector, focussing on coins and medals

4:45 Coffee/tea and discussion

6:00 End of week’s sessions

Saturday and Sunday – Session I: June 30, July 1; Session II: July 14, July 15

Weekend free (no class)

We recommend a visit to to see National Museums Scotland, National Galleries Scotland, Scottish National Portrait Gallery, the Palace of Holyroodhouse, the Georgian House, and the Dovecot Studios.

Recommended sites in GLASGOW include: of Art; Mackintosh House (at Hunterian Museum); Willow Tea Room; .

Monday – Session I: July 2; Session II: July 16

Culzean Castle (former home of the Marquess of Ailsa, the castle was rebuilt in the eighteenth century by the architect )

9:00 Depart by coach for all-day visit to Culzean Castle. Masterclass with Professor Michael Moss

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Presentation on Robert Adam and Castle architecture

Session on estate management with NTS specialist

5:00 Return by coach to Glasgow. Discussion and summing up of the day

Tuesday – Session I: July 3; Session II: July 17

9:00 Depart by coach for all-day study visits

Dalmeny House (1817; home of the Earl and Countess of Rosebery, Dalmeny contains extensive collections of eighteenth-century French furniture and Sèvres porcelain as well as the most important Napoleonic collection outside France)

10:15 Dalmeny House – a private visit with refreshments, led by Linda Edgar (Administrator) and possibly Lady Rosebery. Examination of the collection of French ceramics as well as furniture by Riesener, Oeben, Weisweiler, Leleu, Roentgen, and Bernard van Risenburgh

Presentation on the Napoleon Room

12:30 Lunch at Hopetoun House cafe

Hopetoun House (one of the finest examples of eighteenth-century architecture in Britain, with interiors by Robert Adam)

1:30 Hopetoun House - Tour of the house, to be followed by talk on conservation projects in the house

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Presentations on: 1.) the evolution of the architecture and of Hopetoun House; 2.) Presentation in the Red Drawing Room: The Hope family, Robert Adam and the Grand Tour; 3.) Presentation in the State Dining Room: King George IV at Hopetoun in 1822

4:00 Return by coach to Glasgow. Discussion and summing up of the day

Wednesday – Session I: July 4; Session II: July 18

Abbotsford (nineteenth-century Gothic Revival home of the novelist Sir Walter Scott)

8:00 Depart by coach for all-day study visits. scenic route via Melrose Abbey and Abbotsford (home of Sir Walter Scott)

Presentations: 1.) Melrose Abbey and antiquarian tourism; 2.) Sir Walter Scott’s home at Abbotsford

Floors Castle (overlooking the River Tweed, the home was designed in the 1720s by William Adam for the )

10:30 Floors Castle guided tour

Presentation: William Playfair’s alterations to Floors Castle for the 6th Duke of Roxburghe

6 1:00 Lunch at Floors Castle cafe

Mellerstain House (one of Scotland's great Georgian houses, with exquisite plasterwork designed by Robert Adam)

2:15 Mellerstain House guided tour, including focus on Lady Grisel Baillie (1665-1746), her household book and collections

5:00 Depart by coach to Glasgow. Discussion and summing up of the day

Thursday – Session I: July 5; Session II: July 19

8:00 Depart by coach for all-day study visits

10:00 Hill of Tarvit guided tour, including a focus on the collection of Chinese ceramics with Robert Ferguson (NTS)

12:00 Lunch at Castle Cafe or bring your own

Glamis Castle (the setting for Shakespeare’s MacBeth, Glamis has been the family home of the Earls of Strathmore since 1372)

7 1:00 Glamis Castle guided tour and study session

Presentations: 1.) A switch in time – the Victorian Dining Room and the Crypt as exemplars of changing use of space at Glamis Castle; 2.) A critique of Glamis village () and its relationship to Glamis Castle

Tour of Glamis village (Angus Folk Museum)

Depart by coach to Glasgow. Student-led discussion and summing up of the day

Friday – Session I: July 6; Session II: July 20

Newhailes (a Palladian style house with impressive eighteenth-century interiors)

9:15 Depart by coach for visit to Newhailes

11:00 Masterclass session on approaches to presentation, interpretation, and conservation by Ian Gow (Head of Collections, NTS) in Education Room, followed by tour with Mark McLean (Education Officer)

1:00 Lunch (a packed lunch will be provided)

Depart by coach for University of Glasgow

4:00 Coffee; discussion and final course summing up

4:45 End of course

6:00 Farewell dinner at Cottier’s Restaurant, Glasgow

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