Art Treasures of Kinloch Castle: LADY MONICA LILLY BULLOUGH

LADY MONICA LILLY BULLOUGH

Louis Galliac oil painting "Fantaisie".

Written from personnel, first-hand, on-site research,

free of licentious and false innuendo,

and illustrated from his personal archive by

George W. Randall, co-founder in 1996 and former

Vice-Chairman Kinloch Castle Friends' Association.

Portraits of Sir George and Lady Bullough in the Great Hall, Kinloch Castle,

respective 40th birthday gifts to each other by Hugh Goldwin Rivière.

Sir George Bullough, Baronet, 28 February 1870 - 26 July 1939.

Lady Monica Lilly Bullough, 7 April 1879 - 22 May 1967.

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INTRODUCTION"

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H. Rivière 1909.

Inscribed: "From her brother Frederick."

Their daughter, Hermione, was born on 5^th November 1906.

Hermione Bullough.

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Both photographs very much enlarged.

Much enlarged head and shoulders portrait of Lady Bullough from a 2 x 1¼ inch miniature in the Drawing Room at Kinloch Castle - sadly badly damaged.

A three-fold wooden screen measuring 81 x 46½ inches overall containing

twelve prints of important historical personages in the lineage of Lady Bullough,

each mounted behind glass.

The Screen is the work of Lady Bullough; in her Somerford Manor journal she traces

her maternal ancestry back to King Edward I ...

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'Fantaisie' by Louis Galliac.

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FANTAISIE BY LOUIS GALLIAC

Louis Galliac (1849 – 1934)

First hand research -

NOT copied work of others,

therefore

free from scurrilous and salacious innuendo.

Text and illustrations by George W. Randall.

This work by Louis Galliac titled “Woman taking coffee” is listed in the

1883 Paris Salon Catalogue of original drawings by the artists and titled “Fantaisie”.

The ornate, gilded framed portrait hangs
between the bedrooms of Sir George and
Lady Bullough on the first floor south corridor of Kinloch Castle.

Signed by the artist in the lower left corner the oil on canvas measures
44 x 51 inches (108 x 124 cms.).

Louis Galliac was born at Dijon, France on 25 August 1849.
He was a prolific artist and today his works are much sought after.
He died in Paris in 1934.

The drawing above

is titled

‘Fantaisie’

by Louis Galliac.

It was published in

the Catalogue illustré

de Peinture et Sculpture

Salon de 1897

by the

Société Nationale

des Beaux-Arts

Exposition.

Catalogue des Ouvrages Exposés au Palais des Champs-Élysées le

20 Avril 1897

689 GALLIAC (L) H.C. rue Turgot 3 “FANTAISIE”

An illustrated catalogue of the original works by artists displayed at the Exposition des Beaux-Arts with an alphabetical list of their names followed by circa 380 black and white reproductions.

Paintings from the

Salon and the Champ de Mars, Paris in 1895

were exhibited at the Jordan Art Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts,

commencing December 1897

and included:

Galliac (Louis) 123 Fantaisie (Woman taking coffee)

plus ten other works by Galliac.

Louis Galliac's “Fantaisie”

was also listed in the 1883 Paris Salon Catalogue

On 7 April 1883 Monica Standish, (Lady Bullough)

celebrated her fourteenth birthday.

Therefore the 1883 record of Galliac’s “Fantaisie”
is evidence the undated but signed portrait at Kinloch Castle

is NOT Lady Bullough.

The annual Salon of French artists was first held in Paris in 1881.

As published in the Salon de 1897 Catalogue. Also titled: Le Repos du modéle.

Assessed by a professional conservationist in March 1996

the oil on a fine close weave linen canvas was found

to be in “good condition overall.”

All four corners had “slight cockling.”

Tension was “slack” which had resulted in

“some planar deformations.

Several areas of fine drying cracks” were noted particularly

“in the flesh painting and shadows of the sitter's left calf.”

“One local area of unstable paint was noted, caused by finger pressure from the reverse when handling. Staining and streakiness is particularly noticeable

on the right side in the purple drapery.”

The Report continues:

“The varnish remains in generally good condition and has not significantly discoloured, but the surface dirt and staining contributes to a dull and patchy appearance.” All work recommended, which also included, adjustment of canvas tension, could be carried out on site.