Newcastle twins Winifred and Leonora Reid are aged nine in this portrait. Their embroidered white dresses are in the fashions of the 1920s. The sisters were painted by the leading Newcastle portrait painter Thomas Garvie. The picture’s formal quality is partly due to the artist’s careful control of the colours, which are limited mainly to cream, and soft red and blue.

Object description
Type: Easel painting
Location: Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Material: Oil on canvas
Artist: Thomas B. Garvie (1859-1944)
Date: about 1833

Image details
Date: 14 June 2019
Camera body: iPhone 7 Plus
Lens: Wide Camera 28mm ƒ/1.8
Focal Length: 28mm
Aperture: ƒ/1.8
Shutter Speed: 1/16s
ISO: 100
Licensing: Image of a North East Museums asset. This image cannot be licensed.