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Thomas Marie Madawaska Hemy (1852-1937) A FULL-LENGTH PORTRAIT OF A YOUNG WOMAN WEARING A LACE-TRIMMED DRESS AND CAP, AND HOLDING A FAN signed watercolour and gouache 73.5 x 47cms; 29 x 18 1/2in. NB This work probably dates from the period 1875/76, when at the encouragement of John George Sowerby Hemy spent two years in Antwerp studying under Verlat. See illustration