Lot 409: * Darwin (Elinor Mary Monsell, 1871-1954). Gwen

* Darwin (Elinor Mary Monsell, 1871-1954). Gwen John sketching at The Slade, 1895-96, pencil on paper, initialled E. M. to lower right corner, and with a study in red chalk to verso of a male figure, 23 x 18cm (9 x 7ins), mounted, framed and glazed. The subject is identified by a typewritten note attached to the verso of the frame. Elinor Mary Darwin (nee Monsell) (1871-1954), was an Irish painter and illustrator who studied at the Slade School of Art in London, earning a scholarship in 1896. She married the golf writer Bernard Darwin and illustrated several of his books for children, including the Tale of Mr. Tootleoo. She is known to have taught engraving to her husband's cousin Gwen Raverat. (1)