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7 December 2020

Rose Henriques (1889-1972) was a social worker, philanthropist and a generally 'good egg'; she was also an excellent painter, self-taught and no worse for that. She used ink, watercolour, charcoal and oils to paint scenes of the East End where she and her husband lived. This is La Toilette 1930, it's at the Museum of London.

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