She would be happy, he said, if I would like to draw her hands, and for the drawing to be used as a portrait of her. I was delighted to be asked and at once agreed to do the drawing. In fact, an arthritic hand can be more moving than a perfect hand - the hand of a young girl, for example, though smooth and beautiful, can seem emptier of meaning - Henry Moore, Henry Moore Drawings 1969-79 The Royal Society wanted a portrait of Dorothy Hodgkin Nobel prize winner and Royal Socie