Phyllis Bone

• Reference:GB 2610 GMA A41
• Dates of Creation:1972
• Physical Description:
  2 items (0.4 linear metres)

• Scope and Content

  Correspondence with Mrs Dorothy Smith concerning bronze sculpture 'Tiggy' and other work of 1971 - 1972; 2 manuscript letters with envelope, 16 and 21 February 1972, Phyllis Bone, Kircudbright to Mrs Smith, Larbert, Stirlingshire (2 items).

• Administrative / Biographical History

  Phyllis Bone was born in Hornby, Lancashire in 1897, and studied at the Edinburgh College of Art and on the continent. Primarily a realist sculptor of animals in bronze, she exhibited at the RA, RSA, Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts and abroad. Bone was the first female Royal Scottish Academician. She was one of several sculptors working under Pilkington Jackson at the Scottish National War Memorial, Edinburgh Castle (1924 - 1927), for which she executed the heraldic and animal sculptures. She lived in Kirkcudbright in Scotland, and died in 1972.

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• Physical Characteristics and/or Technical Requirements

  1 ms. letter

• Conditions Governing Use

  All material is subject to copyright restrictions. Requests to reproduce original material should be made to the National Galleries of Scotland’s Image Licensing team (https://www.nationalgalleries.org/copyright-image-licensing)

• Custodial History

  Presented anonymously, 1995

• Related Material

  The SNGMA Collection holds work by Phyllis Bone