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William Lee Hankey:
Study for a portrait of a seated woman with hat, 1930
Framed (ref: 5829)

Pencil

Signed and dated

Tags: William Lee Hankey drawing pencil portraits women

Provenance: Private Collection

This is likely to be a portrait of the artist's wife, fellow artist Mabel Emily Hobson (thereafter commonly known as Mabel Lee Hankey or Mabel Emily Hankey) whom he married in 1896.  She specialised in painting portraits in miniature.