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Yates (Frederic, 1854-1919). Blossom Miles, 1910 * Yates (Frederic, 1854-1919). Blossom Forbes-Robertson, 1910, coloured chalk with gouache on paper, head and shoulders profile portrait of a young girl, wearing a blue top with white collar, inscribed, signed and dated by the artist 'To Forbes Robertson from Fred Yates 8.3.1910', toned, with some areas of white gouache restoration to spots of worm damage (mainly affecting lower and left blank areas), mount aperture 36.2 x 26 cm (14 1/4 x 10 1/4 ins), framed and glazed (53 x 41.5 cm) QTY: (1) NOTE: Provenance: Maxine 'Blossom' Miles nee Forbes-Robertson; thence by descent. Maxine 'Blossom' Miles (1901-1984) was the daughter of Sir Johnston Forbes-Robertson and Gertrude Elliott. Despite losing an eye at a young age, she acted on stage with her family and also gained her aviation certificate. Together with her husband Frederick George Miles (Fred) they founded Miles Aircraft, where she was both a draughtswomen and an aircraft designer. In 1943 she became the director of the newly opened Miles Aeronautical Technical School, and was one of the five commissioners of the Civil Air Guard.