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Mary (Palmer), Lady Beauchamp-Proctor

Type
Paintings(Opens in new tab)
Date
ca. 1782-1788 ?
Accession number
26.86
Maker
George Romney(Opens in new tab) (British, 1734–1802)
Sitter
Mary (Palmer), Lady Beauchamp-Proctor(Opens in new tab) (British, 1760–1848)
Dimensions
94 5/8 x 58 1/2 in. (240.3 x 148.6 cm.)
Medium
oil on canvas
Description
This full-length portrait depicts Lady Beauchamp-Proctor (1760-1848) standing alone in a landscape and resting her right elbow on a sculptured pedestal covered with rose drapery.
Credit
The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
Department
European Art
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Resting her head on her hand in a gesture of contemplation, Lady Beauchamp-Proctor leans on a pillar in a secluded grove, lost in melancholic thought. Romney’s success at glamorizing the introspective mood of a rural setting and associating it with deep thought made him a portrait painter highly sought-after by fashionable men and women.

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