know if this is true or not -- is that in the first world war, dorothy was the lady's maid to lady maud hoare, who was married to samuel hoare. >> appraiser: of the banking fame, is that right? >> man: i assume so, yes. yes. >> appraiser: i think so. >> man: and when a lady friend of lady hoare came 'round to paint one day, she saw dorothy, was impressed by her beauty, and asked to paint her as well. hence, the painting of the lady's maid. >> appraiser: i see. well, that makes perfect sense because ordinarily a lady's maid would not have been able to afford the fees of such a portrait, it seems to me. and you say it's a lady portraitist? >> man: that's the story that has come down through the family. but we can't find a signature, and we've got no idea if that's true or not. >> appraiser: i must say that's rather thrown me because i had a sort of contender if it'd have been a male painter. 'cuz obviously it's not signed, and a sketch like that, why would you sign it? it was done on impulse presumably...what a pretty girl, i must paint her. lady hoare says, oh, we'll do her, that's fine, why n