Daphne Mayo modelled this figure soon after entering London’s Royal Academy of Arts Sculpture School in December 1920. In her words, it symbolises ‘the awakening from childhood into youth’ and was ‘only a month’s study at 1 3/4 hours a night, so it is not carried nearly as far as it could be’, hence its title — Sketch. Under the terms of her travelling scholarship awarded by the Wattle Day League, the figure was forwarded to the League which, in turn, presented it to the Gallery.