About this artwork
The model for this bust was Ada Mary Barclay, daughter of the Perth-born society portraitist John Maclaren Barclay (1811-1886). Ada herself later became a picture restorer and painter of landscapes and portraits, exhibiting at the Royal Scottish Academy from 1879 to 1886 before moving to India. Brodie, who showed this bust at the Academy in 1870, was the most prolific Scottish portrait and monumental sculptor of the period..
Published February 2022
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artist:William Brodie (1815 - 1881) Scottish
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title:Scots Girl
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date created:Dated 1869
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materials:Marble
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measurements:54.60 cm (height)
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object type:
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credit line:Mrs. Ada Barclay Gift 1902
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accession number:NG 904
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gallery:
William Brodie
William Brodie
William Brodie was the eldest son of a shipmaster and merchant seaman. He became a plumber but also took evening classes at the Mechanics’ Institute in Aberdeen which offered adult education for manual workers in art and science subjects. Brodie began experimenting with modelling small portraits in...