Mary Black (artist)

Mary Black (c.1737 – 24 November 1814) was an English artist known for her portrait paintings.

[1][2] She received a commission to paint portraits of Dr. James Mounsey, a physician in the Russian court, and his cousin Dr. Messenger Mounsey.

[1] The latter picture, a three-quarters length portrait, survives and is held by the Royal College of Physicians in London.

[3] Financial success allowed her to live independently while maintaining a household with servants and a carriage.

She never married and died suddenly at home in London in 1814.