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Diana Pryce (b. 1731) with the attributes of Diana
LEWIS, John (fl. 1739-1769)
The painting is signed and dated 'Jn Lewis Fect/1752'. Lewis was a portraitist and stage painter, also active in Dublin and London, who had previously painted portraits of the sitter and her sister in 1737. Here Diana appears with the crescent moon on her head, and holding a bow and arrow, symbols of the goddess of hunting. She was the daughter of Sir John Pryce (d.1761) of Newtown Hall, Newtown, Montgomeryshire. He was a famous eccentric, who kept the embalmed bodies of his first two wives in his bedroom until his third wife insisted on their removal.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 1721
Creation/Production
LEWIS, John
Acquisition
Purchase, 1992
Measurements
Height
(cm): 127.3
Width
(cm): 101.2
Height
(in): 50
Width
(in): 39
Techniques
oil on canvas
Techniques (fine art)
art dept - fine
Fine Art - painting
Material
oil
canvas
Location
Gallery 04
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