Proud Maisie, Frederick Sandys, 1868

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Proud Maisie, Frederick Sandys, 1868

"This is Sandys's most famous drawing of actress, Mary Emma Jones, his mistress and favourite model. The biting of the hair alludes to her troubled sensuality. The drawing was exhibited at the Royal Academy without the later title, which…