mary
martha pearson
A Legacy of Dignity: The Artistry of Mary Martha Pearson In the vibrant, shifting landscape of nineteenth-century British art, few figures captured the quiet gravity of the Victorian era as effectively as Mary Martha Pearson. Born in June 1798 within the bustling heart of London’s …
A portrait built from mary martha pearson's own colours
Every 10 approved work contributes its dominant tone to a single flowing field. Sorted along the hue wheel, the strip reads as a smooth spectrum. Click any band to reveal its full four-colour palette.
Bands follow the hue wheel; visually identical tones are merged.
Every painting, placed on the hue wheel
Each dot is a work — its angle set by hue, its distance from the centre by saturation. Hover a dot to see the painting.
The signature, in numbers
Where the colour came from
Up to 24 paintings representing the most frequent palette tones — each shown with its dominant colours.