| Portrait of Mary Somerville | |
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| Artist | Thomas Phillips |
| Year | 1834 |
| Type | Oil on canvas, portrait painting |
| Dimensions | 76.2 cm× 63.5 cm(30.0 in× 25.0 in) |
| Location | Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh |
Portrait of Mary Somerville is an 1834 portrait painting by the British artist Thomas Phillips. It depicts the Scottish scientist Mary Somerville. [1] Somerville was a polymath known amongst other things for her interest in astronomy. Somerville College of Oxford University is named after her. [2]
Phillips emerged as a prominent portraitist during the Regency era and was a rival to Thomas Lawrence. The painting was displayed at the Royal Academy Exhibition of 1834 at Somerset House in London. Today the work is in the collection of the Scottish National Portrait Gallery in Edinburgh, having been acquired in 1929. [3] .
