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Description: Scene with an overall brown/rust tone of a female figure seated in front of a book perhaps, reading, her head is slightly turned to the left.“The only known watercolour portrait by Collings, this affectionate study focuses on the torso of an older woman, her head bent to read a book and her face mi…

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Description: Scene with an overall brown/rust tone of a female figure seated in front of a book perhaps, reading, her head is slightly turned to the left.“The only known watercolour portrait by Collings, this affectionate study focuses on the torso of an older woman, her head bent to read a book and her face mild and composed. Ivory and peach skin tones are warmed by a background of rose and soft browns.” -- “Charles John Collings, 1848-1931” Catalogue Raisonne by Linda Heath

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Description: Profile portrait of the bust of a woman with her head gazing downwards.“The woman’s head is bowed as though she is preoccupied with something in front of her; perhaps it is the artist’s wife, Mellora, playing the piano. The woman’s eyes and mouth, and tendrils of hair at the nape are treated sensit…

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Description: Profile portrait of the bust of a woman with her head gazing downwards.“The woman’s head is bowed as though she is preoccupied with something in front of her; perhaps it is the artist’s wife, Mellora, playing the piano. The woman’s eyes and mouth, and tendrils of hair at the nape are treated sensitively while flowers in the background underscore her femininity.” -- “Charles John Collings, 1848-1931” Catalogue Raisonne by Linda Heath