Signed with monogram and dated c.l.: JES/ 1901 and inscribed (verso) Study for St Dorothea 

Watercolour, bodycolour and pencil on pink paper, 26.5 by 13cm., 10½ by 5in.

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Provenance: Hartnoll & Eyre (by 1969); Michael Gillingham; Sotheby’s, London, The Gillingham Collection, 1 April 2000, lot.329; Campbell Wilson, London

Exhibited: Birmingham Museums & Art Gallery and London, Fine Art Society: Joseph Southall 1861-1944 Artist-Craftsman, 1980, no.C1 (i)

Literature: Birmingham Museums & Art Gallery,  Joseph Southall 1861-1944 Artist-Craftsman, 1980, p.47 (no.C1(i))

In its entry in the Birmingham Catalogue (see literature above) George Breeze describes the present work as “An exquisite example of Southall’s drawing, this study differs from the final work in the head-dress and folds of the drapery…”.