Mary Green (painter)

Mary Green born Mary Byrne (1766 – 22 October 1845) was a British painter who exhibited at the Royal Academy at the beginning of the nineteenth century.

[1] She was the second daughter of engraver William Byrne.

Her father engraved landscapes and Mary became a miniature painter after studying with Arlaud.

She married the painter James Green on 13 February 1805 in Marylebone[3] and their children included the notable painter Benjamin Richard Green.

[2] Some of Green's correspondence is in the Victoria and Albert Museum and a portrait by her of Queen Adelaide is in the Royal Collection.