Child Reading on a Cushion (Girl)

The figure lies on her front across a wide cushion, bare feet lifted and crossed above her. An open diary rests in front of her, lettered on the left page and filled with lines of script on the right, while a gold pen stays in her raised hand. Her pale blue dress carries small flowering sprigs and a gilt border at the hem and sleeves, with a blue bow set in her hair. Heavy gilded tassels weight the corners of the cushion.