Alice Talwin Morris

Client

Alice Marsh (1861–1955) married the designer Talwin Morris in 1892. 1 He was appointed 'Art Manager' with the Glasgow publisher Blackie & Sons Ltd the following year, and the couple moved from London to live at Dunglass, Bowling. In Glasgow they became friends of Margaret Macdonald and Charles Rennie Mackintosh. Alice Talwin Morris wrote children's books which were published by Blackie, and following her husband's death she became a reader for the firm. 2 She presented work by her husband to the Glasgow Art Gallery and Museum in 1946. 3

Notes:

1: The Hunterian, University of Glasgow: letter from Alice Talwin Morris to Thomas Howarth, 2 May 1948, GLAHA 53926.

2: Gerald Cinamon, 'Talwin Morris (1865–1911): a checklist of works relating to publishing', The Private Library, 4th series, vol. 3.1, Spring 1990, pp. 32–42.

3: Gerald Cinamon, 'Talwin Morris (1865–1911): a checklist of works relating to publishing', The Private Library, 4th series, vol. 3.1, Spring 1990, pp. 32–42.

'Mackintosh Architecture' led by The Hunterian, University of Glasgow, funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council; with additional support from The Monument Trust, The Pilgrim Trust, and the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art; and collaborative input from Historic Scotland and the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland.