Technique

Tall woman with a short man, Glagow University Library

The long, bold lines look more like the work of Beatrice Philip (Mrs E. W. Godwin, Mrs J. McN. Whistler) (1857-1896) than her husband.

Conservation History

It is on a single sheet, torn from a folded sheet of stationery (the torn edge is above the figures). The paper has a slight grain. The sketch was drawn at right angles to the letter on the verso. The sheet has been folded in quarters , and the folds are dirty.