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Grace Campbell Stewart

Grace Campbell Stewart

Scottish miniature painter

Grace Campbell Stewart (died 1863) was a British miniature painter.

Biography

Stewart was one of the daughters of Anthony Stewart, 1773–1846, a portrait and miniature painter from Crieff in Perthshire and of Janet Weir whose father, Alexander Weir, was also a painter.[1] Their father taught both Grace and her elder sister, Margaret Seguier, to paint.[1] After moving to London, where she lived in Clapham for a long period, Grace Stewart built a reputation as a fine miniature painter.[2] Between 1843 and 1856 she exhibited 14 works at the Royal Academy in London.[3][2] These were mostly portrait miniatures of members of the Scottish nobility including the children of John Scott, 2nd Earl of Eldon and his wife Louisa.[1][2]

References

  1. [1]
    HCG Matthew & Brian Harrison, ed. (2004). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Vol 52 (Spruce-Strakosch). Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-861402-0.
  2. [2]
    Peter J.M. McEwan (1994). The Dictionary of Scottish Art and Architecture. Antique Collectors' Club. ISBN 1-85149-134-1.
  3. [3]
    Benezit Dictionary of Artists Volume 13 Sommer-Valverane. Editions Grund, Paris. 2006. ISBN 2-7000-3083-4.
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