# Mary Gillick > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Mary_Gillick > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Mary_Gillick.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Gillick > Source revision: 1354061619 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) British sculptor (1881–1965) Mary Gillick OBE Born 4 April, 1881 Nottingham, England Died 27 January, 1965 London, England Education Nottingham School of Art, Royal College of Art **Mary Gaskell Gillick** ([née](/source/Birth_name#Maiden_and_married_names) Tutin; 1881 – 27 January 1965)[1] was a sculptor and medallist, best known for her [effigy](/source/Effigy) of [Elizabeth II](/source/Elizabeth_II_of_the_United_Kingdom) used on coinage in the [United Kingdom](/source/United_Kingdom) and elsewhere from 1953 to 1970. Effigy of Elizabeth II by Mary Gillick ## Personal life Born **Mary Gaskell Tutin** in [Nottingham](/source/Nottingham), she was the eldest of three children born to Thomas Tutin and Elizabeth Gaskell ([née](/source/Birth_name#Maiden_and_married_names) Ardern),[2] who wed on 25 March 1880 in Knutsford, Cheshire. She was educated at the [Nottingham School of Art](/source/Nottingham_Trent_University%2C_School_of_Art_and_Design) (1898–1902) and at the [Royal College of Art](/source/Royal_College_of_Art) (1902–1904), where she studied under the sculptor [Édouard Lantéri](/source/%C3%89douard_Lant%C3%A9ri).[3] After making her first exhibition at the [Royal Academy](/source/Royal_Academy) in 1911, she designed several [medals](/source/Medal) to be used as awards, and several other, larger relief sculptures in [stone](/source/Rock_(geology)) and [bronze](/source/Bronze)[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] including the stone commemorative sculpture, Crosby Hall, Chelsea 1926[4] In 1905, she married sculptor [Ernest Gillick](/source/Ernest_Gillick). ## Honours She was appointed OBE in the [1953 Coronation Honours](/source/1953_Coronation_Honours).[2] ## Effigy of Elizabeth II In 1952, Gillick's effigy design was selected from a field of seventeen to be used on general-circulation coinage for the new Queen Elizabeth, first issued in 1953. Gillick worked on the portrait between March and October 1952, with one sitting and close supervision by the [Duke of Edinburgh](/source/Prince_Philip%2C_Duke_of_Edinburgh).[3] Gillick's design was notable for portraying the Queen uncrowned, and was the last to be used on the [pre-decimal coinage](/source/British_coinage#Pre-decimal_coinage). Gillick's die master had insufficient relief, and the striking was too weak. Facial features and the dress folds in the shoulder disappeared. The problem was solved by re-cutting the dies. This remastering was performed by [Cecil Thomas](/source/Cecil_Thomas_(sculptor)), an experienced medallist who had already crafted overseas currencies featuring Elizabeth II, but who had initially been turned down for the British coinage in preference to Gillick.[5] A cameo of Gillick's effigy of the Queen has been used on [British commemorative stamps](/source/List_of_United_Kingdom_commemorative_stamps) from 1966 to 9 March 2023;[6] the original effigy was also used for [Maundy money](/source/Maundy_money) until the Queen's death in 2022. ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [Mrs Mary Gaskell Gillick OBE in: Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851–1951, accessed 12 December 2013](http://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/person.php?id=msib4_1236871459) 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-madrb_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-madrb_2-1) Attwood, Philip (9 May 2024), ["Gillick \[née Tutin\], Mary Gaskell (1881–1965), sculptor and medallist"](https://www.oxforddnb.com/display/10.1093/odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-40892), *Oxford Dictionary of National Biography*, Oxford University Press, [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1093/odnb/9780198614128.013.40892](https://doi.org/10.1093%2Fodnb%2F9780198614128.013.40892), [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-19-861412-8](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-19-861412-8), retrieved 6 November 2024{{[citation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Citation)}}: CS1 maint: work parameter with ISBN ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_work_parameter_with_ISBN)) 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-:0_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-:0_3-1) ["Mary Gillick: Her Art in Your Pocket, exhibition at the Henry Moore Institute"](https://www.henry-moore.org/whats-on/2017/09/20/mary-gillick-her-art-in-your-pocket). Retrieved 16 July 2020. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Nottingham Woman Sculptor"](https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002186/19261224/010/0002). *Vote*. England. 24 December 1926. Retrieved 20 February 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Thomas, Cecil Walter (1885–1976), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Sept 2004 1. **[^](#cite_ref-scotsman-2023_6-0)** Johnson, Sam (28 February 2023). ["Final set of stamps with late Queen Elizabeth II's head issued by Royal Mail features Flying Scotsman train"](https://web.archive.org/web/20230301072443/https://www.scotsman.com/read-this/final-set-of-stamps-late-queen-elizabeth-ii-royal-mail-flying-scotsman-train-4043920). *The Scotsman*. Edinburgh: National World. Archived from [the original](https://www.scotsman.com/read-this/final-set-of-stamps-late-queen-elizabeth-ii-royal-mail-flying-scotsman-train-4043920) on 1 March 2023. 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