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Artworks
William Gillies RSA
Portrait of Margory Porter 1, c.1935Oil on canvas127.5 x 57 cm (sight)
143.2 x 72 cm (frame)From the RSA CollectionThis portrait is of Marjery [Margory] Porter. The niece of Samuel J Peploe, she died of meningitis in 1948. The pink, or carnation, Margery holds shows Gillies’ use of symbolism....This portrait is of Marjery [Margory] Porter. The niece of Samuel J Peploe, she died of meningitis in 1948. The pink, or carnation, Margery holds shows Gillies’ use of symbolism. The pink can stand for marriage, engagement, or a mother’s love. It feels playful, but it may have meant something more. Gillies painted three portraits of Margery, but exhibited none of them. This was very unlike Gillies in the 1930s.
