Image: Weisberg & Becker (1999) [1].

• Title(s): Portrait of a young girl in a satin cap [1].
• Description: Fine black-and-white chalk sketch, head and shoulders, the sitters body turned almost profile to the viewer’s left, of a girl/young woman wearing a dark head cloth.
• Media: “black and white chalk drawing” [1].
• Dimensions: “21 1/4 x 17 5/16 in. (54 x 44 cm)” [1].
• Signature/date/other text: None apparent on image.
• History:
  • 1878-1879 – Académie Julian [1].
  • ? – Acquired by the André Del Debbio Collection, Paris [1].
• Location: André Del Debbio Collection, Paris [1].

“Isabel Dacre, a student from England, was associated with Julian’s atelier [private workshop] on two different occasions: in 1878-1879, when she completed this study; and later from 1884 to 1888, when she completed several works that gained her entry to the Salon” [1].

[1] Gabriel P. Weisberg and Jane R. Becker, eds (1999) Overcoming All Obstacles – The Women of the Académie Julian. New York: The Dahesh Museum. pp25-6.

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