Description
An archive of architectural drawing and sketches by the architectural family John Thomas and his son James Galletly, comprising of 13 pencil and watercolour architectural sketches by John T. Galletly from his time at the Edinburgh School of Applied Art, c. 1900-1902, various sizes, rolled with some chipping and tearing to edges; 10 pencil and watercolour architectural drawings and sketches by James Gallety from his time at the Edinburgh School of Applied Art, c.1927-32, including a large town planning drawing showing the Edinburgh New Town [torn at edges]; plus a number of copies of later drawings by James Galletly from his practice in Aberdeen; an Art Nouveau style copper door sign, "John T. Galletly Architect & Surveyor", 30 by 30cm; a marble door sign, "T. Galletly", 10 by 18cm (qty)
Footnote
Note: John Thomas Galletly was born on 27 March 1881. He began his architectural apprenticeship in 1897 under Anrew Granger Heiton of Perth in 1897, completeing it under James Smart of Perth several years later. Thereafter he moved to Edinburgh, working successively in the offices of Francis William Deas and Sir Robert Rowand Anderson as junior assistant, and with School Board architect John Alexander Carfrae as principal assistant, which enabled him to study at the Edinburgh School of Applied Art. In 1904 he appears as a draughtsman in HM Office of Works in Edinburgh moving to London as Senior Draughtsman thereafter, but soon returned to Edinburgh to take up a permanent post as Assistant Architect and Surveyor in the branch office on 1 June 1907. He was admitted LRIBA in the mass intake of 20 July 1911. By 1931 he had returned to H M Office of Works in London.
J.T. Galletly's son, James, would follow him as an architect commencing his studies at Edinburgh College of Art under John Begg in 1926. After passing the intermediate exam in June 1929, receiving a bronze medal for Construction, he spent two years working in an as yet unidentified office as improver, before completing the final year of his diploma in 1932 and passing the RIBA qualifying exam in the same year. He was admitted ARIBA early the following year, during his time as a post-graduate student in the Department of Civic Design at the School of Art.
In 1937 he was appointed to the teaching staff of the School of Architecture at Robert Gordon's College. Galletly was elected as a vice-president of Aberdeen Society of Architects (along with G Smart) in 1960. ( Dictionary of Scottish Architects)