FOR DAPHNE / [drawing of a young bird] / THIS PICTURE WAS DESIGNED FOR MISS DAPHNE GASKELL / SECOND DAUGHTER OF CAPTAIN GASKELL. LATE OF THE 19th / LANCERS, AND IS DEDICATED TO MRS GASKELL BY HER / MOST HUMBLE ADMIRER AND SERVANT EBJ.
3 Marble Arch was the Gaskell London residence.