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Portrait of Catherine Grey, Lady Manners  1794

by Thomas Lawrence

Catherine Gray, Lady Manners, rejected this portrait representing her as the goddess Juno, symbolized here by the peacock. To make up for the loss of sale, Lawrence exhibited the painting at the Royal Academy in 1794 "to be disposed of." It did not sell and remained in his collection until after his death. Despite the rejection, the painting displays all the hallmarks of L...
Size: 
255.30 x 158.00 cm (100 1/2 x 62 3/16 inches)
Medium: 
Oil on canvas
Credit: 
Courtesy of The Cleveland Museum of Art