This etching was made in the studio of the Scottish Symbolist painter John Duncan (1866-1945) who was Walton’s friend and mentor. He taught her the technique of etching and she was influenced by his style and the mythological subjects of his work. The experimental nature of this print is evident in the sheer pressure required to exert an image from the lightly etched plate onto the paper – this is visible in the heavy indentation marks that the edges of the plate have left on the paper. Walton also used a method called retroussage in this print, which, with the careful use of a cloth, gives a softer and more atmospheric effect to the crisp lines of the etching.