The Young Lady

She stands upright, the folded fan pressed against her bodice, a pale tasselled reticule swinging from the crook of her left arm. The blue-grey gown carries lace at the neckline, a ribbon bow and short puffed sleeves, with blue flower sprays painted across the cloth. Beneath the draped overskirt an embroidered underskirt shows at the hem. Her hair falls in waves under a bonnet whose long veil drops across the shoulder.