Mary Grace

Mary Grace (died 1799/1800) was a British self-taught professional portrait painter and copyist in the 18th century.

Life Mary Hodgkiss' father was a shoemaker, Grace exhibited her own compositions at the Society of Artists of Great Britain every year from 1762 to 1769, She was described in a contemporary publication, The Artists' Repository (1770–1780), as "responsible for many portraits 'whose management, as well as likeness, do her great honour'." The original of this self-portrait, the only known surviving painting by Grace, is in the collection of the Santa Barbara Museum of Art and was shown in an exhibition of British women artists at the Tate Britain in 2024.