Lot 134: Margaret Gillies, R.W.S. (1803-1887)

Margaret Gillies, R.W.S. (1803-1887)
Sorrow and Consolation: 'Ill tidings from the field of battle'
signed, inscribed and dated 'Sorrow and Consolation/"Ill tidings from the field of battle"/by/Margaret Gillies R.W.S./1852.' (on artist's label attached to the reverse)
pencil, watercolour and bodycolour with gum arabic
24 x 15 in. (61 x 38.1 cm.)

London, Old Watercolour Society, 1866, no. 39.
London, Grosvenor Gallery, 1878-1879, no. 880.

Art Journal, London, 1866, p. 173.

Thomas Lucas Esq.