Titles

Only one title has been suggested:

• 'Portrait of Miss Caird' (YMSM, 1980). 1

Description

The portrait of a woman.

Sitter

'Miss Caird' may have been Emma Grace Caird (Mrs H. Marryat) (1849-1927).

D. S. Foggie, Mrs Emma Grace Marryat, 1929, Dundee City Council

Information on her comes from the Mapping Memorials to Women in Scotland website:

'She was born 23 August 1849, the youngest daughter of wealthy mill owner Edward Caird and his second wife Grace Caw. Emma had a close sibling relationship with her elder half-brother, James (later Sir James) Caird, with whom she traveled extensively. In 1892, aged 43, Emma married Lt. Col. Herbert Marryat of the Manchester Regiment. Their only daughter, Grace Lois Caird Marryat died in infancy in 1893. Emma Marryat's half brother died in 1916 and her husband in 1917. She became a very wealthy woman. She spent the last ten years of her life giving a fortune away – she donated to Dundee Royal Infirmary, gifted the Belmont Estate as a rest home for disabled soldiers and also gave money to complete the Caird Hall, in the City Square, where the smaller adjacent hall is named after her. She was made a burgess of the city in 1918; only the fourth woman to receive this honour. Her portrait was painted by David Simpson Foggie, and now hangs in the Caird Hall foyer. Emma Marryat died in 1927.' 2