Head study of a young girl, looking downwards

Walter Stoye (1886-1974), to whom Hughes gave this drawing, was a keen draughtsman who won a scholarship to the Central School of Arts and Crafts where he subsequently became a teacher in metal and enamel work. He also taught at the Brighton School of Art and the Camberwell School of Art. He is said to have joined the silver firm of Barkentin & Krall as a designer some time between 1912 and 1914 and subsequently became managing director. There is an example of his work in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Hughes may have known Stoye through his membership and association with the Art Workers Guild.