Magaret 'Madge' Frary Miller, Mrs James Watts (1879 - 1950)
William Logsdail (Lincoln 1859 – Noke, Oxfordshire 1944)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1928 (signed and dated)
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1397 x 787 mm (55 x 31 in )
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Greenway, Devon
NT 121564
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Margaret 'Madge' Frary Miller, Mrs James Watts (1879 - 1950) by William Logsdail (Lincoln 1859 – Noke, Oxfordshire 1944), signed, lower left, W. Logsdail and dated 1928. A full-length portrait of a young woman, Madge, Agatha Christie's older sister, in pearls and red shawl. She is standing in an interior, wearing a dress embroidered with flowers and a red gown. Pair to 121565
Provenance
From Abney Hall, Cheadle in Cheshire (the sitter's home); and thence by inheritance; given by Mrs Rosalind Hicks, Anthony Hicks and Mathew Prichard, 2006
Credit line
Greenway, The Prichard/Hicks Collection (National Trust)
Makers and roles
William Logsdail (Lincoln 1859 – Noke, Oxfordshire 1944), artist