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A portrait of Mary Elizabeth Menzies, the wife of Professor Allen Menzies. She is shown here in three-quarter view, sitting on a chair with one hand resting on her lap and the other hanging by her side. Menzies wears a dark coloured dress with a lace shawl around her shoulders.
Britain - Portrait, landscape and decorative painter and illustrator.
Charles Sims was the son-in-law of John MacWhirter, the 19th century artist, who was married to Katherine Menzies, sister of Allan Menzies.
A plaque on the picture gives the date as 1913: however, Professor Menzies's grandson has found family letters which date the portrait to 1900. May Menzies, daughter of Professor Allan Menzies, wrote to her cousin Elsie McFarlan on 6 December 1900: Charles Sims stayed ten days with us to paint the portrait....His picture is quite a success; some outsiders object to the grey background, but the artist and the family think it well in keeping with the subject'.
A portrait of Mrs Menzies by Charles Sims was exhibited at the Royal Scottish Academy in 1904 - is this HC206? | Publisher: | University of St Andrews | Rights holder: | 47795 | Subjects: | BIBLICAL CRITICISM PORTRAIT DIVINITY SPOUSE PROFESSOR painting SILVER WEDDING | Temporal: | 1900/1904 | Source: | University of St Andrews | Creator: | SIMS, Charles, R.A. | Identifier: | HC206 | Language: | en-GB |
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