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A Lady in Grey
Daniel Macnee1859
National Galleries Scotland: National
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
This portrait of the artist's daughter Mrs Wiseman is an entrancing study of reflected light. The inspiration for the pose and the lighting effect may have been Reynolds' portrait of the actress Nelly O'Brien (Wallace Collection, London) which was shown in 1857 at the Manchester Art Treasures Exhibition. The Scottish National Gallery also has MacNee’s highly-worked preparatory oil sketch for this painting: A Study for 'A Lady in Grey' (Isabella Macnee, Mrs Wiseman, the artist's daughter).
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Details
- Title: A Lady in Grey
- Creator: Daniel Macnee
- Date Created: 1859
- Physical Location: Scottish National Galllery
- Location Created: Scotland
- Physical Dimensions: h 128.00 , w 102.50 cm
- Credit Line: Presented by Lady Macnee 1927
- Type: Painting
- Rights: https://www.nationalgalleries.org/copyright-image-licensing
- External Link: See this work at nationalgalleries.org
- Medium: Oil on canvas
- Art Genre: Portrait
- Art Form: Painting
- Support: Canvas
- Depicted Person: Mrs Wiseman
- Depicted Topic: Dress
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