Chalk and watercolour on paper
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Mrs James MacLehose
Presented by J. MacLehose 1929
actions: postures and motions
adults
clothing and personal items
dress
hands crossed
individuals: female
Maclehose
named individuals
objects
people
portraits
ribbon
sitting
woman
paper unique chalk watercolour
Mrs James MacLehose
support: 416 × 273 mm
Presented by J. MacLehose 1929
<p><b>N04431</b> MRS JAMES MACLEHOSE 1903</p>
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<p>Inscr. ‘W. Strang. 1903.’ b.r., and ‘McLehose’ (<i>sic</i>) b.r., under mount.
<br/>Black and red chalk on pink tinted paper, 16 3/8×10 3/8 (41·5×26·5).
<br/>Presented by James Maclehose 1929.</p>
<p>The sitter was the daughter of Alexander Macmillan, one of the founders of the publishing firm of that name. She was born in 1874 and was married to James Maclehose, the Glasgow publisher and printer, in 1896. Maclehose commissioned his friend Strang to do <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/p/portrait" title="Glossary definition for 'Portrait'"><span>portraits</span></a> of his wife and himself soon after their marriage, and the artist later did a <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/d/drawing" title="Glossary definition for 'Drawing'"><span>drawing</span></a> of their eldest son which still belonged to Mrs Maclehose in 1957.</p>
<p><b>Published in:</b>
<br/>Mary Chamot, Dennis Farr and Martin Butlin, <i>The Modern British Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture</i>, London 1964, II
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2004-10-06T00:00:00
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actions: postures and motions adults clothing and personal items dress hands crossed individuals: female Maclehose named individuals objects people portraits ribbon sitting woman