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Phyllis Dodd:
Study for Baptising little Pearce 2, circa 1923
Unmounted (ref: 9200)
Squared and inscribed with measurements

Tags: Phyllis Dodd pencil watercolour children men religion women 1.PORTRAIT OF AN ARTIST RCAGardenMusuem RELIGION

Provenance: The Artist's Daughters

Literature: Llewellyn, Sacha, and Paul Liss. Portrait of an Artist. Liss Llewellyn, 2021, p.201.

Several informal but very good likenesses of fellow RCA students from the period demonstrate Dodds skill at portraiture.  A series of  sketches showing of adults at a baptism includes recognizable portraits, aided by inscribed  names on one of the colour sketches.   The composition shows portraits of fellow RCA students Beryl Bowker (RCA, c. 1922-25), Ted (Halliday) (1923-25), Oakshott, Pindi, (Kathleen Bridle (1921-25). Myself (Dodd), Enid Marx,(1922-25), Gerry(Gerald) Cooper,(1920-23), (Muriel) Minter (1921-23) and Marianne Thatcher, (graduated 1925)