Seated Woman 

Editor: This is Lady Edna Clarke Hall's "Seated Woman," we don't have a specific date for it. It's a sketch in ink and watercolor, part of the Tate Collection. She seems so self-contained, almost melancholic. What do you see in this piece, considering Hall's position as a female artist of her time? Curator: I see a woman absorbed in thought, perhaps constrained by societal expectations. Hall, as a woman artist navigating a male-dominated art world, may be subtly portraying the internal life of women, often overlooked or suppressed. Do you see any echoes of similar themes in other women artists of the period? Editor: I see how her introspection could be a subtle form of resistance. Thanks, that really makes me think about the painting in a new way. Curator: Absolutely. By focusing on the inner lives of her subjects, Hall reclaims agency within the domestic sphere, transforming it into a space for quiet power.