The Little Tea Party

The Little Tea Party: Nina Hamnett and Roald Kristian by Walter Richard Sickert. 1916. Hamnett struck up a friendship with Sickert who spent much of their time together lecturing her about her paintin

The Little Tea Party: Nina Hamnett and Roald Kristian by Walter Richard Sickert. 1916. Hamnett struck up a friendship with Sickert who spent much of their time together lecturing her about her painting and advising her against her tendency to squander her energy on socialising. After spending time together working in Bath, Hamnett wrote to Roger Fry, saying that Sickert ‘spends at least two hours daily at teatime in holding forth. I always say “yes” and go home and do the opposite.