Titles

Suggested titles are as follows:

• 'Mrs Forster, arrangement en noir' (1905, J. E. Blanche). 1
• 'Portrait of Mrs Forster' (1980, YMSM). 2

Blanche's title is really a description, so 'Portrait of Mrs Forster' is the preferred title.

Description

Described as a portrait of a woman 'black on black.' 3

Sitter

Amy Leslie Worth (Mrs Matthew Forster) (1852-1904). Her husband, Matthew Forster (1826-1881), was a barrister, of Frere, Forster and Frere, solicitors. Their daughter Yvonne Isabella Forster (1877-1965) posed for a pastel Portrait of Miss Yvonne Forster [M.0838] in the early 1880s.