On the opposite wall to the Heath, to the right of an étagère hangs a portrait by Newlyn School artist Harold Knight, a painter known for his sensitive portraits. His reticent work and personality were overshadowed by his wife Dame Laura Knight’s ebullient, colourful nature and painting, but his pictures’ real qualities have been more appreciated in recent years. This boy, wearing a traditional Newlyn fisherman’s hat, was painted by the artist numerous times.
To the left of the étagère are two drawings, the first is a masterly depiction of the sultry ‘Dorette’, Brockhurst’s nickname for his muse and lover Kathleen Woodward, who modelled at the Royal Academy Schools in London where Brockhurst was a visiting professor. The second drawing dates from 1905, the year Simeon Solomon died of bronchitis and alcoholism, making this one of his last known drawings. The subject may relate to Solomon's prose poem 'A Vision of Love Revealed in Sleep' (1871).
