Mary, Lady Molyneux (1868): Art, History and Details

Mary, Lady Molyneux (1868) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is Alexander Munro (British, 1825–1871).

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

Munro's method of portraying Lady Molyneux, with her head placed squarely in the center of a circle and her hair radiating outward from her face, gives the image an unusual emotional intensity that is probably the result of focusing relentlessly on the particular character of her features.

Object facts

• Title: Mary, Lady Molyneux
• Date: 1868
• Creator attribution: Alexander Munro (British, 1825–1871)
• Culture: England, 19th century
• Type: Sculpture
• Technique: marble
• Dimensions: Diameter: 41.6 cm (16 3/8 in.)
• Collection: Mod Euro - Sculpture 1800-1960
• Department: Modern European Painting and Sculpture
• Accession number: 1994.11

Collection credit

Norman O. Stone and Ella A. Stone Memorial Fund

Further reading listed by the museum

• Cleveland Museum of Art, “Recent Acquisitions to the Cleveland Museum of Art Collection,” August 26, 1994, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives.
• Hawley, Henry H., "Diversity in the Pre-Raphaelite Movement", Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine. Vol. 35 no. 06, Summer 1995

View the collection record

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