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Catalog of Portraits, 1909-1911, 1929 [page 47]
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heading in green ink: - Mrs. Cruikshank of Langley Park -
It is the portrait of a fat, good humoured woman of thirty-eight or forty, the sort of person the middle-aged Scot half a century ago would have called a "sonsy lass."
heading in green ink: - History of Portrait -
Painted between 1805 and 1808. Collections: Arthur Sanderson - Edinburgh. year in green ink: 1901 Exhibitions: Edinburgh Loan Exhibition
heading in green ink: - Criticisms -
Nothing could be simpler, apparently, than the whole conception; but it is not so simple as it looks. The lady is plump enough to make her contour, from chin to knee, almost an unbroken line. She has no waist and too much hip;
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