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Portrait of Lady Meux
Portrait of Lady Meux is a name given to several full-length portraits by James Abbott McNeill Whistler. Valerie Susan Meux, née Langdon, (1847 – 1910) was a Victorian socialite and the wife of the London brewer, Sir Henry Meux (pronounced "Mews"). She claimed to have been an actress, but was apparently on the stage for only a single season. She is believed to have met Sir Henry at the Casino de Venise in Holburn, where she worked as a
and Grey: Portrait of Lady Meux" currently belongs to the Frick Collection in New York City, "Arrangement in Black: Lady Meux" belongs to the Honolulu Museum of Art while the third portrait, "Portrait of Lady Meux in Furs", is believed to have been destroyed by Whistler after he became outraged over a comment made to him by Lady Meux during a sitting.
Married life.
Lady Meux claimed to have been an actress, but was apparently on the stage for only a single season. She