‘She loves me not, but will always regard me as her ber-ruther!’

Artist: Frances Hodgkins (1869—1947)
Date: c1891
Place: Dunedin
Media: pencil and watercolour on board
Dimensions: 180 × 128 mm
Catalogue number: 2023–1–05
Credit line: The Field Collection, Toi Mahara

The comic appearance of this figure and the quotation that forms the title suggests that this is a character from a play or musical.