The woman in this painting is an intriguing amalgam of many of Heward’s previous female subjects, and the canvas is one of her last. The sitter is depicted within a rural setting, as in Rollande, and she occupies most of the pictorial space, as does Mabel Lockerby in At the Café. But while in those paintings symbols helped to convey Heward’s meaning, here the focus rests solely on the woman’s physical and psychological strength, indicated by her facial expression and other body language.