Published caption title reads: "Thank you all for thinking so much of the little we have done."
Original drawing for an illustration for Lucy Bethia Walford's "A sage of sixteen" (London : Spencer Blackett & Hallam, 1889, p. 190 (facing)).
Accompanying folder incorrectly identifies John Goodall's drawings as illustrations for Emily S. Elliott's "Mrs. Blackett: her story."
Inscribed in pencil in lower left hand corner: Chap 15 [i.e. Chap. 16]; at foot of sheet: 5. Blackett [i.e. the publisher of Walford's novel, Spencer Blackett & Hallam]; signed "J.E. Goodall" within drawing at lower right.
Illustration shows Elma taking leave of the Duchess after the ball, surrounded by her friends and fellow party goers.
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.