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Painting Ladies

Painting Ladies: Watercolours by the Slee Family, an exhibit compiled by Olivia White.

Meet the Family

Drawing of women in long dresses.

Art and Fashion

Drawing of a woman in a long yellow dress.

The Walking Dress

Drawing of a woman in a sailor dress on a boat.

The Sailor Dress

Drawing of a woman in a blue and white dress, wearing a necklace with a cross.

The Cross Necklace

Drawing of a woman in a white dress, kneeling.

The Wedding Dress

Drawing of a woman in a black ballgown.

The Ballgown

Drawing of a woman in a riding habit.

The Riding Habit

Drawing of a woman in a purple dress, playing croquet.

The Croquet Dress

Drawing of a woman in a bathing costume, standing in water.

The Bathing Dress

Drawing of a woman in a green tutu on a stage.

The Tutu

Hand-tinted photograph of a woman.

Conclusion

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