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Curator: This delicate pencil sketch is by Lady Wharncliffe, born in 1776. It resides in the Tate collections, though it’s currently untitled. Editor: It feels unfinished, yet so full of potential. There's something about the figure's pose, commanding yet vulnerable, that just grabs you. Curator: The figure’s garment, classical in style, immediately evokes ancient Greece. Perhaps this is meant to be an athlete or a figure from mythology, rendered in simple lines, yet there’s a certain power. Editor: I see it! That reaching hand… maybe she’s mid-performance? The sketch captures a moment of charged anticipation, like the prelude to a grand oration or some kind of invocation. Curator: Absolutely. It seems she understood the symbolic weight of these classical references, even in a quick sketch. To invoke that world, with all its ideals… Editor: Right? It's like she’s reaching out, across time, inviting us to remember those ideals, even if just for a fleeting moment. What a feeling!