A black and white chalk study on terracotta paper of the same subject was sold by John and Commander Penryn Victor Monck at Christie’s London 26th April 1963, lot 79. In the final oil this watcher, who appears on the far left of the painting resting her hand on a wall as she waits and listens to the world beyond, wears a blue cloak over a deep reddish brown dress and a foliate wreath in her long blond hair. Bonhams 2006