Oil on canvas, 41 by 30.5cm (16 by 12 ins)

Exhibited: The Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts, 1939, no.738 (sold for £125)

McGlashan’s most successful exhibits of the late 1920s and 1930s were generally informal scenes showing the workings of his studio and often depicted his own family. These include portraits of his young children and his wife, such as his “Mother and Child” exhibited at the Royal Scottish Academy in 1927. That informality is strongly evident in the present work, which may show his wife pregnant with their next child. The view is taken from the Bohemian surroundings of McGlashan’s studio looking out into Park Road in Glasgow’s West End.