With love from me to you: Sir Paul’s gift to city

ART: Collection by Sir Paul’s late wife Linda includes superstar musicians and animals

Sir Paul McCartney has donated a set of limited edition photographs by his late wife Linda to Glasgow Museums.

The set of 14 photographs includes images of Sir Mick Jagger and Brian Jones from her first professional photoshoot, as well as family portraits.

The Linda McCartney Retrospective – curated by Sir Paul with daughters Mary and Stella – is currently on show for the first time in the UK at Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum.

Deputy leader of Glasgow City Council and chairman of Glasgow Life, David McDonald, said: “The Linda McCartney Retrospective at Kelvingrove has been very warmly received.

“We were delighted to be the first venue in the UK to show this exhibition and our greatest thanks go to Sir Paul McCartney for his generous gift.

“This wonderful addition to our collection ensures visitors can continue to enjoy Linda McCartney’s stunning work for generations to come.”

Linda McCartney became a professional photographer in the mid-1960s capturing Jimi Hendrix, The Rolling Stones, The Beatles and showcased her love of animals. She died from breast cancer in 1998 aged 56.

The retrospective – which was previously shown in Vienna, Seoul and Montpellier – also includes one of Linda’s diaries from the 1960s and a selection of her cameras and photographic equipment.

It will remain in Glasgow until January 12 next year.

Fiona Hayes, curator of social history with Glasgow Museums, said: “Linda McCartney was a talented photographer who showed a real flair for capturing popular culture in the 1960s and the huge changes in attitude, dress and lifestyle that followed.”

Fiona Hayes, curator at Glasgow museums, with photographs of the late Linda McCartney kindly donated by her husband Paul.

Linda’s portrait of legendary Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger is included in the exhibition.

Linda’s picture of horse Cinnamon was taken in Scotland in 1970.