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Lot 221: WILLIAM SOMERVILLE SHANKS RSA RSW (1864-1951)

Est: £500 GBP - £1,000 GBPSold:
McTear'sGlasgow, United KingdomAugust 11, 2010

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WILLIAM SOMERVILLE SHANKS RSA RSW (1864-1951) Portrait W.T. Doherty, Esq., J.P. oil on canvas 90cm x 70cm Provenance: James McClure & Son label verso Note :William T Doherty was born in Airdrie in 1879, he was first apprenticed to the licensed grocery trade and for a period was located at Blackridge, West Lothian, around 1905 he was transferred to the Cowcaddens Ward. He then took over Mr Shanks public house at 80-82 Cowcaddens in 1913 and it changed names to WT Doherty (also known as The Symposium Bar). Doherty became heavily involved in the Scottish Defence work and became a member of the committee, he was also a director of the Scottish Legal Life Insurance Society, having offices in Bothwell Street and was elected to the town Council in 1920 to 1939. He was one of the first labour councillor's on Glasgow Corporation and became a magistrate and deputy chairman of the Corporation. He was the first Roman Catholic to be convener of the Corporation Education Committee. He was associated with the Glasgow Vintners since its inception in 1920, being its first vice-president, then becoming president. In the 1930s William took over another public house at 183 Garscube Road. This portrait of W T Doherty was included in the exhibition held by the Royal Institute of Fine Arts in the McLellan Galleries in 1933. Somerville Shanks was a good friend of Mr Doherty and the portrait was presented to him a few years later when the exhibition was complete.

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Fine & Scottish Pictures

by
McTear's
August 11, 2010, 12:00 AM GMT

Meiklewood Gate Auction Galleries 31 Meiklewood Road, Glasgow, GGW, G51 4EU, UK