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The figure was believed by C. L. Freer to be Maud Franklin (1857-ca 1941) . 1
According to Thomas Robert Way (1861-1913), a 'Sketch of a Lady, seated' was owned by H. E. Morgan in 1912. 2 It shows a model in a similar pose to the figure on the recto of r.: Seated figure; v.: Dragonflies and a butterfly [M.0698], with her left arm resting on the chairback. The lines look weak, and numerous pentimenti display confusion about the pose. The resulting shadows on the woman's face look like a two-days growth of beard. It is possible that it was an abandoned study for this drawing, but, with only the reproduction to go by, it was excluded from the 1995 catalogue. 3
Last updated: 9th March 2021 by Margaret