This portrait of artist and model, the artist Ella Naper, is a bravura statement about the ability of women to paint hitherto taboo subjects on a scale and with an intensity, that heralds changes. (http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw03686/Dame-Laura-Knight-with-model-Ella-Louise-Naper-Self-Portrait?search=sp&sText=self+portrait&firstRun=true&rNo=3#description)