Month of July: Hilda Smelling a Flower - 1924

Ink on Paper -11in x 9in

 


Spencer took this image of Hilda from his large picture 'The Resurrection, Cookham', 1924-6 (Tate), where she appears as one of the newly resurrected in Cookham churchyard who emerge in gentle fashion from their graves. Still standing in her grave, she holds a flower, as 'she wonders about its scent and with curiosity pushes it against her face.' k.