Mrs Elizabeth Hancock
- Honorary Senior Research Fellow (School of Culture & Creative Arts)
email:
Liz.Hancock@glasgow.ac.uk
R306 Level 3, History of Art, 8 University Gardens, G12 8qh
Publications
2024
Hancock, Elizabeth (2024) A Scottish ‘Grecian elbow chair’: an execution and a myth. Regional Furniture, 38, pp. 59-67.
2023
Hancock, Elizabeth and Nelson, E. Charles (2023) John Parkinson’s Paradisi in sole paradisus terrestris (London, 1629): A pattern-book for botanical carvings on an early seventeenth-century cupboard. Garden History, 51(1), pp. 82-89.
2022
Hall, Linda and Hancock, Elizabeth (2022) A bobbin-turned chair made for a South Devon blacksmith. Regional Furniture Society Newsletter, 77, pp. 6-7.
Hancock, Elizabeth (2022) Glasgow Museums Collections Online. [Website]
2021
Hancock, Elizabeth (2021) A Boston (Windsor) rocking chair. Regional Furniture Society Newsletter, 75, p. 14.
Hancock, Elizabeth (2021) Old oak, new doors: the Durham table c. 1500. Regional Furniture Society Newsletter, 75, p. 15.
Hancock, Elizabeth (2021) Scenes from Regency life: a torchere or candle stand. Regional Furniture Society Newsletter, 75, pp. 10-11.
2020
Gordon, Lindsay and Hancock, Elizabeth (2020) An oak table, probably made in Exeter, c.1580-1620, in the Burrell Collection, Glasgow Museums. Regional Furniture Society Newsletter, 73, pp. 8-9.
Hancock, Elizabeth (2020) Charles Darwin’s chair at Janson & Sons: a provenanced High Wycombe cane chair. Regional Furniture Society Newsletter, 73, pp. 13-14.
2019
Hancock, Elizabeth, Hermens, Erma and Gordon, Lindsay (2019) The medieval bury chest: mapping the journey from Durham Cathedral to the Burrell Collection, Glasgow. In: Milosch, Jane and Pearce, Nick (eds.) Collecting and Provenance: A Multidisciplinary Approach. Rowman and Littlefield: Lanham, MD, pp. 254-273. ISBN 9781538127568
Hancock, Elizabeth (2019) A medieval domed chest in the Burrell Collection, Glasgow Museums. Regional Furniture Society Newsletter, 71, pp. 7-8.
2018
Hancock, Elizabeth (2018) 16th-century linenfold panelling and a canopy from the Neptune Inn, 86 Fore Street, Ipswich. Regional Furniture Society Newsletter, 69, pp. 8-10.
Hancock, Elizabeth (2018) Glasgow Museums Collections Online. [Website]
2017
Hancock, Elizabeth (2017) Changing histories: the life of a ‘curious’ table from Durham Cathedral. Regional Furniture, 31, p. 2017.
Hancock, Elizabeth (2017) A Gothic oak screen, c. 1430-1445, in the Burrell Collection, Glasgow Museums. Regional Furniture Society Newsletter, 67, pp. 6-7.
Hancock, Elizabeth (2017) William Burrell’s tapestries: collecting and display. In: Cleland, Elizabeth and Karafel, Lorraine (eds.) Tapestries From the Burrell Collection. Philip Wilson Publishers. ISBN 9781781300503
2013
Hancock, Liz (2013) John Sparks, sea captain and dealer in Japanese and Chinese art. [Website]
Hancock, Liz and Pearce, Nick 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2288-2430
(2013)
Chinese Art: Research into Provenance (CARP).
[Website]
2006
Hancock, Elizabeth (2006) Collecting and display in museums: vernacular furniture in Glasgow, 1900-1950. Vernacular Building, 30, 2006.
2004
Hancock, Elizabeth (2004) Sir William Burrell's furniture dealers: a progress report on provenance research. Regional Furniture Society Newsletter, 40, pp. 18-19.
2002
Hancock, Elizabeth (2002) A joint initiative for Research & Development in Glasgow. University Museums in Scotland Conference, St Andrews, UK, 7-8 Nov 2002.
2000
Hancock, Elizabeth (2000) The Crealocks: two soldier artists from the Crimea to the Zulu War. Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research, 78, pp. 243-251.
Articles
Hancock, Elizabeth (2024) A Scottish ‘Grecian elbow chair’: an execution and a myth. Regional Furniture, 38, pp. 59-67.
Hancock, Elizabeth and Nelson, E. Charles (2023) John Parkinson’s Paradisi in sole paradisus terrestris (London, 1629): A pattern-book for botanical carvings on an early seventeenth-century cupboard. Garden History, 51(1), pp. 82-89.
Hall, Linda and Hancock, Elizabeth (2022) A bobbin-turned chair made for a South Devon blacksmith. Regional Furniture Society Newsletter, 77, pp. 6-7.
Hancock, Elizabeth (2021) A Boston (Windsor) rocking chair. Regional Furniture Society Newsletter, 75, p. 14.
Hancock, Elizabeth (2021) Old oak, new doors: the Durham table c. 1500. Regional Furniture Society Newsletter, 75, p. 15.
Hancock, Elizabeth (2021) Scenes from Regency life: a torchere or candle stand. Regional Furniture Society Newsletter, 75, pp. 10-11.
Gordon, Lindsay and Hancock, Elizabeth (2020) An oak table, probably made in Exeter, c.1580-1620, in the Burrell Collection, Glasgow Museums. Regional Furniture Society Newsletter, 73, pp. 8-9.
Hancock, Elizabeth (2020) Charles Darwin’s chair at Janson & Sons: a provenanced High Wycombe cane chair. Regional Furniture Society Newsletter, 73, pp. 13-14.
Hancock, Elizabeth (2019) A medieval domed chest in the Burrell Collection, Glasgow Museums. Regional Furniture Society Newsletter, 71, pp. 7-8.
Hancock, Elizabeth (2018) 16th-century linenfold panelling and a canopy from the Neptune Inn, 86 Fore Street, Ipswich. Regional Furniture Society Newsletter, 69, pp. 8-10.
Hancock, Elizabeth (2017) Changing histories: the life of a ‘curious’ table from Durham Cathedral. Regional Furniture, 31, p. 2017.
Hancock, Elizabeth (2017) A Gothic oak screen, c. 1430-1445, in the Burrell Collection, Glasgow Museums. Regional Furniture Society Newsletter, 67, pp. 6-7.
Hancock, Elizabeth (2006) Collecting and display in museums: vernacular furniture in Glasgow, 1900-1950. Vernacular Building, 30, 2006.
Hancock, Elizabeth (2004) Sir William Burrell's furniture dealers: a progress report on provenance research. Regional Furniture Society Newsletter, 40, pp. 18-19.
Hancock, Elizabeth (2000) The Crealocks: two soldier artists from the Crimea to the Zulu War. Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research, 78, pp. 243-251.
Book Sections
Hancock, Elizabeth, Hermens, Erma and Gordon, Lindsay (2019) The medieval bury chest: mapping the journey from Durham Cathedral to the Burrell Collection, Glasgow. In: Milosch, Jane and Pearce, Nick (eds.) Collecting and Provenance: A Multidisciplinary Approach. Rowman and Littlefield: Lanham, MD, pp. 254-273. ISBN 9781538127568
Hancock, Elizabeth (2017) William Burrell’s tapestries: collecting and display. In: Cleland, Elizabeth and Karafel, Lorraine (eds.) Tapestries From the Burrell Collection. Philip Wilson Publishers. ISBN 9781781300503
Conference or Workshop Item
Hancock, Elizabeth (2002) A joint initiative for Research & Development in Glasgow. University Museums in Scotland Conference, St Andrews, UK, 7-8 Nov 2002.
Website
Hancock, Elizabeth (2022) Glasgow Museums Collections Online. [Website]
Hancock, Elizabeth (2018) Glasgow Museums Collections Online. [Website]
Hancock, Liz (2013) John Sparks, sea captain and dealer in Japanese and Chinese art. [Website]
Hancock, Liz and Pearce, Nick ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2288-2430
(2013)
Chinese Art: Research into Provenance (CARP).
[Website]