When Amy hires a young mother with a baby to model for the afternoon class at the Académie Julian one week, Jeanette makes studies of the child’s face for future reference and includes the sheet in the portfolio she shows to Carolus-Duran later in the novel. Morisot’s sketches depict a somewhat older child, a toddler, but illustrate the same need to jot down impressions of children quickly because they don’t stay still for long.
ADDENDUM: Congratulations to the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge on the birth of their son!
ADDENDUM: Congratulations to the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge on the birth of their son!