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

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and of Janet Weir whose father, Alexander Weir, was also a painter. Their father taught both Grace and her elder sister, Margaret Seguier, to paint. After moving to London, where she lived in

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for a long period, Grace Stewart built a reputation as a fine miniature painter. Between 1843 and 1856 she exhibited 14 works at the

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in London. These were mostly portrait miniatures of members of the Scottish nobility including the children of

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and his wife Louisa.

References

Year of birth missing 1863 deaths 19th-century Scottish women artists 19th-century Scottish painters British portrait miniaturists Sibling artists 19th-century women painters {{Scotland-artist-stub