About this artwork
Pryde Nicholson’s daughter, the designer Nancy Nicholson (1899-1977), was the model for 'Harlequin with Chair'. It is thought to have been painted in the family home in Mecklenburgh Square, London. The black panes of the window and the artificial lighting suggest it was made in the evening. It comes from a series of works in which Nancy is depicted in a Harlequin costume.
Updated before 2020
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artist:Mabel Pryde (1871 - 1918) Scottish
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title:Harlequin with Chair
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date created:About 1908
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materials:Oil on canvas
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measurements:53.50 x 42.60 cm; Framed: 58.60 x 47.00 x 5.80 cm / 5.00 kg
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object type:
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credit line:Purchased 2007
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accession number:GMA 4835
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artwork photographed by:Antonia Reeve
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Mabel Pryde
Mabel Pryde
Pryde grew up in the centre of Edinburgh’s artistic, literary and theatrical circles. Aged seventeen, she enrolled at Hubert von Herkomer’s art school in Bushey, where she met William Nicholson. They married in 1893, and their children, Ben, Tony, Nancy and Kit, were born between 1894 and 1904....