Portrait of an officer, c. 1910

Portrait of an Officer, whose clothing is reminiscent of a military unit established in Egypt, where the artist lived and worked for a number of years, indisputably permits a confirmation of the capabilities of expression of Flora-Karavia and, more specifically, her special talent for sketching. The drawing of the form and of the drapery of the material with fine pencil lines and the use of pastels in the rendering of the facial features undoubtedly bring out the facility with which she worked with various techniques.