Mary Palmer, Lady Beauchamp-Proctor (1759-1847) sacrificing to Hymen (after Benjamin West)

John Downman, RA (Ruabon, North Wales 1750 – Wrexham 1824). Oil painting on panel. Mary Palmer, Lady Beauchamp-Proctor (1759-1847) sacrificing to Hymen (after Benjamin West PRA) by John Downman, RA (Ruabon, North Wales 1750 – Wrexham 1824), signed: (possibly a later addition): J. Downman fecit 17.. [1778?] For Rd. [?] [Mrs?] Wells (the date can no longer be distinguished, and the initials are unclear). A three-quarter-length portrait of a young woman, turned to the right, almost right profile, with brown hair dressed high with large ringlet on her right shoulder, wearing a white satin dress, with brown cloak. She is decorating a herm of Hymen with flowers, assisted by Cupid; a classical altar in the right foreground. Peckover House, Cambridgeshire (Accredited Museum)