Woman in Black

Oil painting by Miles Fletcher de Montmorency depicting a woman without facial features

The painting depicts a standing figure wearing a black sleeveless top and a black and grey see-through foulard that covers part of her arms. She is facing the viewer but she doesn't have finished facial features, as if the painting wasn't finished. Her arms are crossed. The background features muted tones, with vertical lines suggesting drapery or a wall. The Brush strokes create texture, and the colour palette is subdued with hints of green and pink against dominant greys and blacks. The painting has a number of horizontal cracks in several areas as a result of being rolled.