Grace Campbell Stewart

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

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

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[ODNB52-1] HCG Matthew & Brian Harrison, ed. (2004). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Vol 52 (Spruce-Strakosch). Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-861402-0.

[McEwan-2] Peter J.M. McEwan (1994). The Dictionary of Scottish Art and Architecture. Antique Collectors' Club. ISBN 1-85149-134-1.

[Benezit13-3] Benezit Dictionary of Artists Volume 13 Sommer-Valverane. Editions Grund, Paris. 2006. ISBN 2-7000-3083-4.

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