A watercolour image of women with her hair tied back

Mary Watts, Self Portrait, 1882, watercolour

Painted when she was 33 years old, this self-portrait demonstrates Mary Watts’s talent at painting in watercolour.

She presents herself simply dressed, in a buttoned-up shirt beneath an unadorned jacket. Mary painted herself looking directly out at the viewer. She presents herself as a confident and composed professional artist.

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