Description
A young woman in a full-length white dress stands beneath the trees, a black lace parasol raised above her head and a wide black sash trailing from her waist down to the grass. She wears a pale straw hat with a black band, red drop earrings, and a red ribbon at her throat, and she turns her head to look off to the side rather than at the viewer. The dark trunks of the forest close in behind her, throwing her white gown into sharp relief.
Painted at almost life size in 1867, the picture plays the crisp black of the parasol and sash against the loose, luminous white of the dress, with dappled patches of sunlit grass at her feet. The pose is quietly elegant, caught mid-thought rather than posed for a formal portrait.
The print reproduces the striking black-and-white contrast of the original with real depth, from the sheer folds of the sleeves to the dense shadow of the woodland behind her. Available as a canvas or fine-art paper giclée print, sized to suit your space.



