UNIVERSITY of GLASGOW

The Corresponence of James McNeil Whistler

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William Gillies, ??-??

Nationality: Scottish
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William Gillies was an artist.

Life:

In 1892 he agreed to contribute an art work to an album of sketches, part of Mary Newton Mann's fund-raising effort for the endowment of Queen Margaret College, a women's college which became part of the University of Glasgow in 1895 (#03987).

Bibliography:

Begg, T., The Excellent Women: the Origins and History of Queen Margaret College, Edinburgh 1994.