[title not known] 

Editor: This landscape, a drawing by Lady Susan Elizabeth Percy, depicts a ruined archway in the countryside. The limited palette creates a sense of quiet melancholy. What do you see in it? Curator: I see Percy engaging with the picturesque, but also perhaps critiquing it. The ruin, a common romantic motif, is rendered with a starkness that hints at the social realities lurking beneath the surface of idealized landscapes. How does Percy's gender influence this depiction, do you think? Editor: That's a great point. Maybe she's subtly pushing back against the male gaze often associated with landscape art of that period? Curator: Precisely. Consider how women artists navigated a patriarchal art world, often confined to specific subjects and styles. This piece invites us to question those constraints and to seek the narratives within the landscape. Editor: I'm now viewing the artwork in a different way. Thanks, that's very insightful. Curator: Art allows us to interpret those untold stories. It has been my pleasure.