Caricatures

• Reference:GB 1694 NMC/0056
• Dates of Creation:c1910
• Name of Creator:
  Shanks, William Somerville
• Physical Description:
  1(4)

• Scope and Content

  Four studies - mounted as one.

• Administrative / Biographical History

  Painter in oil and watercolours of portraits, interiors and still life in a style better suited to oils. Began as a pattern designer with a curtain manufacturer, studying drawing in the evening at Glasgow School of Art under Fra Newbery. Later a member of staff at GSA: Shanks was Assistant Professor (Drawing and Painting) Antique and preparatory life 1910/11; Assistant Professor (Drawing and Painting) Life, head life, portrait and costume model, painting, antique and still life 1913/14 - 1924/25; Lecturer (D&P) Drawing, painting and composition 1925/26 - 1929/30; Drawing & painting (school of Design, Pictorial and Commercial Art) 1930/31; Drawing and Painting (D&P) 1934/35.

• Acquisition Information

  Presented to Glasgow School of Art from the Estate of William Somerville Shanks, 1951.

• Note

  Painter in oil and watercolours of portraits, interiors and still life in a style better suited to oils. Began as a pattern designer with a curtain manufacturer, studying drawing in the evening at Glasgow School of Art under Fra Newbery. Later a member of staff at GSA: Shanks was Assistant Professor (Drawing and Painting) Antique and preparatory life 1910/11; Assistant Professor (Drawing and Painting) Life, head life, portrait and costume model, painting, antique and still life 1913/14 - 1924/25; Lecturer (D&P) Drawing, painting and composition 1925/26 - 1929/30; Drawing & painting (school of Design, Pictorial and Commercial Art) 1930/31; Drawing and Painting (D&P) 1934/35.

• Physical Characteristics and/or Technical Requirements

  Ink and chalks on white paper
  Dimensions: 145 x 280 mm

• Additional Information

  Published

• Subjects

  Drawings (visual works)

  Fine arts