A strange portrait of a lady in a dashing hat. I expect she’s some sort of victorian adventuress, probably knows a Latin word that ends in the -trix suffix that she prefers to be called
As mentioned earlier, the automaton was meant to be her servant but it could just as easily be her opponent. Except for the fact that it doesn’t look adversarial at all, does it?
wow great art,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
IMHO, the difference between good and great is often settled by lighting