Elizabeth “Bessie” MacNicol (1869–1904) was a Scottish painter and member of the Glasgow Girls group of artists.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bessie_MacNicol

A Girl of the Sixties by Bessie MacNicol
c.1900 / Oil on canvas / 32″x24″ / Glasgow Museums Resource Centre, Scotland, UK

Bessie MacNicol on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/bessie-macnicol/

Further reading:
https://www.theglasgowstory.com/image/?inum=TGSE01167&t=2
https://artuk.org/discover/artists/macnicol-bessie-18691904
https://www.nationalgalleries.org/art-and-artists/glossary-terms/glasgow-girls

* Wikipedia lists the date as July 5, Grove Art Online lists it as July 15, and Benezit Dictionary of Artists as July 17, and various sites support one or another of these three. I have arbitrarily chosen to go with the 15th.