Helen Paxton Brown
Jessie Marion King, Mrs Ernest Archibald Taylor, 1875 - 1949. Decorative artist and illustrator
About this artwork
Jessie Marion King was a pupil at Glasgow School of Art at the same time as Helen Paxton Brown and the two became lifelong friends. This portrait is probably from around 1915 and shows King wearing a silken scarf. King was one of the most commercially successful designers to emerge from Glasgow at this time and she sold some of her fabric designs to the famous English firm, Liberty.
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artist:Helen Paxton BrownScottish (1876 - 1956)
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title:Jessie Marion King, Mrs Ernest Archibald Taylor, 1875 - 1949. Decorative artist and illustrator
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date created:About 1915
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materials:Ink and crayon on paper
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measurements:50.00 x 39.30 cm
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credit line:Purchased 1977
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accession number:PG 2406
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Helen Paxton Brown
Helen Paxton Brown
A native of Glasgow, Helen Paxton Brown was a student at Glasgow School of Art at the same time as Jessie M. King and the two became lifelong friends. They shared a studio from around 1898 until 1907 and, like King, Paxton Brown was associated with the Glasgow Girls. Paxton Brown excelled at...
