Thursday, November 26, 2009

Henry Scott Tuke


[Portrait study of Molly Dalymple]
inscribed No.6 ...
oil on canvas
24 1/8 x 20"
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1858 - 1929.
A portrait of his fellow artists - (Sir) Walter Hamilton-Dalyrmple (1854 - 1920) - daughter done in North Berwick. Tuke painted the mother, wife and daughter - Agnes Mary (known as Molly) - the third of their five children. She was 8 at the time and was entertained by her Grandmother reading fairy stories.

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