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Susannah (Miller) Lee Acton

Type: Paintings(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1786-1787
Accession number: 17.25
Maker: George Romney(Opens in new tab) (British, 1734–1802)
Sitter: Sitter: Susannah (Miller) Lee Acton(Opens in new tab) (British, died 1789)
Dimensions: canvas: 50 1/4 × 40 1/8 in. (127.6 × 101.9 cm.) frame: 62 3/4 × 52 3/4 × 6 in. (159.4 × 134 × 15.2 cm.)
Medium: oil on canvas
Description: In this nearly full-length portrait, the sitter, Susannah (Miller) Lee Acton, is shown on the right side of the canvas wearing a white full-skirted dress. The portrait was commissioned by the sitter's fiancé, Nathaniel Lee Acton, soon after their engagement in 1786 to commemorate their impending nuptials.
Credit: The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
Department: European Art
Find out more: View in the Art Museum catalog(Opens in new tab)

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The sitter’s fiancé, Nathaniel Lee Acton, commissioned this portrait to commemorate their impending nuptials. Romney successfully captures his charming sitter’s likeness while also endowing her features with a strong sense of personality. Tilting her head to one side as if listening, she fixes the viewer with a friendly but appraising gaze and a smile suggestive of wry humor. Her dashing manner of dress reinforces her air of self-confidence.

Susannah (Miller) Lee Acton

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