'The Graces Decorating a Terminal Figure of Hymen', 1773, (1911). Artist: Sir Joshua Reynolds.
'The Graces Decorating a Terminal Figure of Hymen', 1773, (1911). Barbara Montgomery (1757-1788), Elizabeth Montgomery (1751-1783) and Anne Montgomery (1752-1819) daughters of William Montgomery of Magbiehill (1717-1788), Member of Parliament for Ireland. The three women are shown gathering flowers to decorate a statue of Hymen, the Roman god of marriage. Painting held at the Tate Britain, London. From A History of Painting, Volume VII, by Haldane MacFall. [T. C. and E. C. Jack, London & Edinburgh, 1911]
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