"[1] She wrote of his romantic interest, Harriet Taylor, her intellectual influence, and his conversion to Benthamism.
Jean Cooke responded to the request saying "Dear Miss Borchard, I am not a feminist but to have only three women painters out of 91 makes rather poor odds so 21 gns it is.
[10] In response to Borchar's request, Michael Ayrton wrote: "I will accept the 21gns and I much admire anyone who can obtain so many works for no more than that figure.
The British or British-based artists made self-portraits in oil, gouaches, watercolours and one was a bas relief.
[13] She collected works of: Thomas Newbolt, a 62-year-old artist from Cambridge, won the 2013 Ruth Borchard Self-Portrait Competition Award which included a £10,000 prize.