[1] It shows her as a "vivacious and jovial" character.

[2] In the portrait, Sher-Guil's hair falls freely and she is wearing a dress that reveals her shoulders.

[3] She appears leaning forward towards the viewer, and looks seductive.

[2] It has been likened to Renoir's portrait of the Actress Jeanne Samary (1877), and Raja Ravi Varma's late 19th century painting, Lady Holding a Fruit.

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