Publisher/Manufacturer: Chenil Gallery, Kings Road, Chelsea 1902 Etching in black on cream laid paper
139 x 95 mm. Loan: Gregynog, Davies sisters 1989
Number 1 of an edition of 25. Fifth (final) state. The edition of 25 was published by the Chenil Gallery for John's one-man exhibition there in 1906. Portrait of the artist's sister
Portrait of Gwen John (1876-1939).She wears a blouse, an arranged neck scarf and a flat broad-rimmed hat with two pompoms. She sits upright with an expression of quite confidence. Etched in a sketchy but detailed manner with cross hatching. Lower margin left unworked. Paper has an unidentified watermark
