Titles

Possible titles suggested:

• 'Maud Franklin' (1980, YMSM). 1
• 'Miss Maud Franklin' (2015, Fogg Art Museum).

'Maud Franklin' is the preferred title.

Description

A head and shoulders portrait of a young woman with brown hair cut in a fringe. She stares directly at the viewer, her head very slightly tilted to her left. She is wearing a dark yellow coat with a wide collar; a grey ruff appears to have been added over the coat, round her neck. The portrait is in vertical format.

Sitter

T. R. Way identified this as a portrait of Maud Franklin (1857-ca 1941) . 2

The face is quite like that of Harmony in Grey and Peach Colour [YMSM 131] in appearance, which also came from Way's collection. It is possible that Way worked on Maud Franklin [YMSM 132] and assisted the resemblance.