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Paintings: G0356
Title
Mary Ann Keeley
Technique
Oil on canvas
Subject
Artist
Dimensions
Height: 74.9cm
Width: 62.2cm
Width: 62.2cm
Provenance
Presented by Spencer Brunton, 1886
Other number
RW/CKA 97
Gift 199
Gift 199
Exhibition history
1884 London, R.I.
Literature
Walter Goodman “The Keeleys on the Stage and in the Home” (1895), p. 51
Mary Ann Keeley has strikingly fair hair. She wears gold bracelets; the bracelet on her right wrist contains a miniature. Goodman began the portrait soon after 16 January 1884. He exhibited another portrait of her at the R. A. 1888 (880) called "Mrs. Keeley in her 83rd year."
In her earlier years Mrs Keeley excelled in “pathetic appealing parts like Nydia in ‘The Last Days of Pompeii’ and Smirke in ‘Nicholas Nickleby’” (OC). Her greatest portrayal, according to the OC was that of the title-role in “Jack Sheppard”, in which the highwayman was presented as a "wild youngster".
In her earlier years Mrs Keeley excelled in “pathetic appealing parts like Nydia in ‘The Last Days of Pompeii’ and Smirke in ‘Nicholas Nickleby’” (OC). Her greatest portrayal, according to the OC was that of the title-role in “Jack Sheppard”, in which the highwayman was presented as a "wild youngster".
