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Study of a child, probably another orphan.
This is a self portrait painted in 1902.
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Pyramus
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last week we were in Birmingham museum art gallery (long story but I mainly wanted to look at the Pre-Raphs) and I found a Gwen John on display and instatly fell in love.
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