Woman Peeling a Turnip

Well, we've had plenty of women reading, women writing, women painting, women playing various musical instruments, but this is a first (and probably a last, though possibly someone will point me in the direction of another woman peeling another turnip). Anyway this is the artist's mother, and the artist is Emile Friant (1863-1932). Actually Mme Friant was a dressmaker, but obviously she also did her own cooking.  More of Emile's delightful paintings in the coming weeks.