A Cyclopaedia of Female Biography/Grace, Mrs.

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4120500A Cyclopaedia of Female Biography — Grace, Mrs.

GRACE, MRS.

The maiden name of this ingenious woman is not known. She was the daughter of a shoe-maker, and without any regular instruction, succeeded so well in painting portraits as not only to support her family, but also to realize twenty thousand pounds. She frequently exhibited with the Society of Artists in London; and in 1767, produced an historical picture. She left London for Homerton, where she died about 1786.