Dame Ethel Walker

Dame Ethel Walker (1861-1951), Painter and sculptor.

There is some doubt about the date of the portrait, an inscription on the back gives the date of 1925, but even allowing for self -deception could the artist really have been 64? The date for the yellow coat as a fashion item would be about 1910. There is evidence of the angle of the head having been repainted and the chin and mouth rethought. Perhaps the painter reworked it before giving it in 1925 to the member of her family from whence this portrait came.