Terracotta
By Jules Dalou (1838-1902)
Anglo-French; 1879
Given by Miss Helen Ionides
Dalou made this bust as a gift for the sitter's father after he had bought "La Liseuse", the first work sold in England by the sculptor.
Miss Ionides was aged six or seven at the time.
V&A
[Her father later bequeathed his art collection to the V&A.]