Can anyone help me identify the subject or artist?

[Dee1224]

I have this pen and ink drawing dated 1912 and signed with the initials GFK.

I would love to know who the girl in the picture was and/or who the artist. I am guessing the artist was a talented amateur, (as so many people seemed to be in the early 20th century due to the focus on teaching drawing at school).

I have had this drawing since I was a teenager - it was bought for me from an antique shop, so I know nothing at all about its background.

I know it’s a long shot, but I have been inspired to give it a try by another poster’s thread elsewhere in Chat.

Thanks in advance!

I think they employed miners to construct the tube tunnels and they were building the Bakerloo line around then. People did travel a long way looking for work when times were hard. It may have been short term if it didn't work out.

I read the initials as Gtk.

Or GFK

@determinedtomakethiswork - yes, I think it’s GFK.

I am very impressed @foreverbasil - I know that the only time he did travel was for mining work so maybe that was it - his teenage sister was also with them as she was forced into looking after my GM and her brother.

I will have to look up more details of the digging of the Bakerloo tunnels. Weird that he didn’t leave the kids up north, though, as he presumably didn’t stay long. GM always told me she’d spent all her pre-married life in Sheffield. (I was therefore surprised to learn via ancestry research that she was born in Derbyshire!)

Thanks!

Look closer. There is no F. It's just GK.
The letters are joined by the long tail on the G and a flourish on the top of the K
No idea if this will help at all.

Back in Victorian times and later, 'Kitty' was sometimes used as slang for a prostitute. Just to add an extra dimension to the postcard Crucible linked.

It does look like an amateur artist's copy of the original. But still a nice sentimental picture.

Maybe Gertrude drew it for Kitty. G f K...

And I always liked the name Kitty @Alchemistress 🙀

Interesting @MistyGreenAndBlue

I love the name Kitty too.

It's interesting in literature that Catherine's, Kittys and Kates are often used to portray strong willed, tempestuous or troublesome women.

I remember years ago an interview with Kate bush who talked about her name and that she was 'never a Catherine, always a Kate' or words to that effect.

It looks like the frontispiece for a book.