Drawing of Emma (Preparatory Drawing for 'Portrait of the Gillies Sister')
Artist: Gillies, William George, Sir, CBE RA RSA PPRSW · 1898-1973
A preparatory study for the left hand figure in the oil painting 'Portrait of the Gillies Sisters' (G.1991.547)
The subject of the present work is Emma Gillies, the youngest of the Gillies family, depicted here aged about 25 years old and showing more self confidence than in the earlier oil portrait of her executed in 1921 (G.1991.244).
© Royal Scottish Academy of Art & Architecture
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Date c.1925 Accession G.1991.623 Materials Support paper Dimensions 11.3cm x 8.2cm Medium Pencil -
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