#powder puff

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Truth or Fiction

Artist: Eleanor Fortescue Brickdale (British, 1871-1945)

Date: n. d.

Medium: Pencil and watercolour heightened with bodycolour and gum arabic

Collection: Private Collection

Description

The present drawing encapsulates that interest in allegory, depicting a young woman seated beside a blooming rose bush admiring her reflection in a mirror, whilst an attendant beside her holds a powder puff and a mask, with puppets at her feet.

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The Rage of Achilles but it’s an American high schooler winning her school’s powderpuff tournament after her ‘best friend’ gets injured.