Josephine completed this portrait of Susan Henderson in Brisbane in 1902.
Susan was married to John B. Henderson, whom Josephine also painted in 1903.
The Hendersons were heavily involved in the Red Cross and held parties for returned servicemen at their home ‘Cliveden’, in the Brisbane suburb of Oxley. Josephine has been identified in a group photograph taken at one of these events.
The two women must have shared a close bond, as Josephine left £150 to Susan in her will – even though, at the time of her death, Josephine hadn’t lived in Brisbane for almost 30 years.
Image courtesy of the Queensland Art Gallery.
