Sir James Jebusa Shannon, R.A., R.B.A., P.R.S.P.P. (1862-1923)

The present work is probably a sketch of the artist's daughter, Kitty, circa 1892. A similar hat features in Miss Kit, 1892 (Private collection), and Shannon also painted a number of studies of Kitty reading in the same period which bear a close resemblance to this charming study.