The woman is wearing crinolines, which expand to cover the whole of the lower part of the painting. Brown has left this part incomplete, roughly squaring up and sketching the dress in outline. The title is written on the unfinished dress, underneath the child at the right.
It is not known why Brown failed to complete the painting, but he seems to have worked on it intermittently throughout his life.
It is not known why Brown failed to complete the painting, but he seems to have worked on it intermittently throughout his life.
