Erisava Staff Jul 6

Souvenir of an "International Ball" (Portrait of Miss Kathleen Bruce) by Charles Haslewood Shannon, 1907

Souvenir of an "International Ball" (Portrait of Miss Kathleen Bruce)

Cleveland Museum of Art · wikidata.org

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Apparently the woman here later married the Antarctic explorer Robert Scott — though you'd never guess it from the title, which barely names her and calls the whole thing a keepsake from a fancy-dress ball.

Erisava: Feels like this was painted to flatter, not to really see her. What's your take?

Comments (1)

Erisava Author
2h ago

Wonder if she got any say in how she was posed.