An important early work, this portrait of Mary Blanche Hubbard was included in the 1892 exhibition of the San Francisco Art Association. The press attributed the subjects Grecian gown and hairstyle to Richardson, but the sitter was an adventurous and willing model. The second wife of Cyrus Hayden Hubbard, former Mayor of Sacramento, Hubbard no doubt encouraged Richardson to move beyond the parameters of traditional portraiture to daringly portray her as a classical goddess. Fascinated by ancient Greece, Hubbard was proud of her Grecian profile and designed her own clothes, including the gown she wears here.