The identity of Hatton’s sitter “Elsa” is unknown. She was possibly a model engaged to pose for students in the engraving course at the Royal College of Art in London, where Hatton studied intaglio printmaking with Malcolm Osborne and Robert Austin while on break from her teaching duties at the University of Kansas in 1935-36. Presented in profile view, Elsa is attired in what appears to be Serbian garb. The embroidery on her blouse is typical of much female clothing found in Croatia, Romania, Serbia, and Slovenia, but the head cover suggests Islamic Serbia. Hatton’s study with the English printmakers was remarkably fruitful, resulting in a body of work that includes examples of most of the intaglio processes. She expressed particular interest in engraving while in London, but after returning stateside, she produced few others over the course of her career.