Yolande (Mrs Rushbury)

Gerald Leslie Brockhurst, 1890 - 1978


Yolande (Mrs Rushbury)

Gerald Leslie Brockhurst 1890 - 1978

Summary

Head and shoulders portrait of a young woman wearing a hat. The subject is facing the viewer, looking down and to the right. Her hat has a brim and a tall crown. She holds her left arm up and across her chest to the left. Her face is modelled in detail, with the rest of the portrait in outline. A study of Florence Rushbury (nee Layzell) who married Henry Rushbury in 1914. Henry Rushbury was an artist and friend of Brockhurst. Based on a drawing from 1915, whereabouts unknown.


Object Name

Yolande (Mrs Rushbury)

Creators Name

Gerald Leslie Brockhurst

Date Created

1920

Dimensions

plate mark: 11.2cm x 8.7cm
support: 27.6cm x 19.8cm

accession number

1963.79

Place of creation

Europe

Support

paper

Medium

ink (black)

Credit

D. R. H. Williams bequest


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