Josephine Butler (1828-1906). (Portrait of a woman at a mirror).

Watercolour, 18 x 12.5 cm., in mount with cleared strip to keep a piece of text in pen visible: "Painted & given to H. Dormer at 8. North View by Mrs. Josephine Butler, 1892", in (damaged) frame.

Lovely and exceptional item. Josephine Elisabeth Butler was a well-educated feminist from the British landed gentry known mostly for her efforts for the wellbeing of prostitutes (Wikipedia). On the house 8 North View, Wimbledon, London: https://tinyurl.com/ybn7yrxz. Butler lived there from 1890 to 1893.