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Editor: This is an untitled pencil drawing by Prince Hoare, residing in the Tate Collections. The figure, draped in classical garb, almost seems to be turning away. What strikes you about this work? Curator: It’s impossible to view this drawing outside the context of Neoclassicism and its revival of Greco-Roman aesthetics, particularly in depictions of women. But whose gaze are we prioritizing here? The subject's averted gaze suggests a denial, or perhaps a critique, of the male gaze often prevalent in such works. Editor: So you see it as potentially subversive? Curator: Precisely. It invites us to consider the power dynamics inherent in representation, and question who has the authority to look, and who is being looked at. Editor: That's a perspective I hadn't considered, thinking of it as a challenge to the conventional viewer. Curator: Indeed. It encourages us to unpack the layers of history and social meaning embedded within seemingly simple images.