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Tissot was a French painter who settled in London in 1871. An easel in the corner suggests that this is his own house, in which case, the woman sunk deep into an easy chair, reading a newspaper may be his Irish mistress.
Tissot was a French painter who settled in London in 1871 as an easel in the corner suggests that this is his own house.