Cupid and Psyche

This material is held atGlasgow School of Art Archives and Collections

  • Reference
    • GB 1694 NMC/0415
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1905
  • Name of Creator
  • Physical Description
    • 1

Scope and Content

This item was lost in the fire in The Mackintosh Building at The Glasgow School of Art on 23rd May 2014. Composition of embroidered fruit and flowers (as triptych). In original frame. Design made for Longcroft, Helensburgh.

Administrative / Biographical History

Painter and embroiderer. Wife of the architect Alexander Nisbet Paterson, and sister of the Glasgow School painter James Whitelaw Hamilton in 1897. Her family home was Long Croft in Helensburgh.

Acquisition Information

Colonel Paterson, Helensburgh.

Note

Painter and embroiderer. Wife of the architect Alexander Nisbet Paterson, and sister of the Glasgow School painter James Whitelaw Hamilton in 1897. Her family home was Long Croft in Helensburgh.

Physical Characteristics and/or Technical Requirements

Embroidery, coloured silks, gold and silver threads, beads.
Dimensions: 1400 x 1850 x 155 mm

Additional Information

Published