Mary Beale

1633–1699 · United Kingdom · Baroque

Mary Beale (née Cradock) (1633‍–‍1699) was an English painter who specialised in portrait painting. She was part of a small band of female professional artists working in London. Beale became the main financial provider for her family through her professional work – a career she maintained from 1670/71 to the 1690s. Wikipedia

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“Self-portrait”, 1666 — National Portrait Gallery
“Portrait of Mary Moll Davis”, 1675 — Philip Mould & Company
“Sir George Savile, Bt, Marquess of Halifax, 'The Carnavon Portrait'”, 1676 — Parliamentary Art Collection
“William Outram (1625–1679), Fellow, Rector of St Margaret's, Westminster, Author of 'De Sacrificiis'”, 1672 — Christ's College
“Portrait of a Lady (called ‘Mrs Walkey of Alphington’)”, 1678 — Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery
“Jan Baptist van Helmont (1579–1644)” — Natural History Museum
“George Thorp” — Emmanuel College
“John Lake, Bishop of Chichester (1624–1689)” — Parliamentary Art Collection
“John Wilkins (1614–1672)” — Bodleian Libraries
“Portrait of a Lady as Saint Agnes”, 1670 — Brighton Museum & Art Gallery
“John Wilkins (1614–1672), Warden (1648–1659)”, 1670 — Wadham College
“Abigal Jordan (later Lady Webster)” — Battle Abbey
“Lady Mary Gough (1657–1722)”, 1670 — Tamworth Castle
“Charles II (1630–1685)” — Inverness Museum and Art Gallery
“Thomas Fountayne” — Temple Newsam
“Thomas Paget (1638–1717)” — Royal Society of London
“Catherine Johnston” — Orleans House Gallery
“John Maitland (1616–1682), Duke of Lauderdale” — Thirlestane Castle
“Thomas Fanshawe (1596–1665), 1st Viscount Fanshawe of Dromore”, 1665 — Valence House Museum
“Lady Essex Finch (d.1684)”, 1677 — West Suffolk Heritage Service
“John Lake (1624-1689)”, 1670s — Parliamentary Art Collection
“Charles Beale (1632-1705)”
“Portrait of Richard Gulston”, 1680
“Bartholomew Beale”, 1663 — Yale Center for British Art
“Self-Portrait Holding a Palette”, 1670 — Moyse's Hall Museum
“Charles Beale the Younger”, 1680s
“Charles Beale (1632–1705)”, 1666 — West Suffolk Heritage Service
“John Wilkins (1614–1672)”, 1670–1672 — Royal Society of London
“Lady Elizabeth Cavendish, Countess of Bridgewater (c.1627-1663)”, 1640 — National Trust
“Viscountess Frances Hatton”, 1664 — Smithsonian American Art Museum
“Rachel Carew, Mrs Ambrose Manaton (1669–1705)”, 1684 — National Trust
“Possibly Mary Morice, Lady Carew (d. 1698)”, 1687 — National Trust
“The Reverend William Cremer (1663/4-1736)”, 1692 — National Trust
“An Unknown Man, called John Milton (1608-1674)”, 1660 — National Trust
“Portrait of a Gentleman (said to be John Milton, 1608–1674, poet)”, 1657 — Christ's College
“Portrait of a Lady (probably a member of the Gage or Jermyn families)”, 1657 — Colchester and Ipswich Museums Service
“An Unknown Lady (believed to be a Member of the Williams Family)” — National Trust
“An Unknown Gentleman (believed to be a Member of the Williams Family)” — National Trust
“Sir Edwyn Sadleir, 2nd Baronet of Temple Dinsey (1656-1719)”, 1687 — National Trust
“Lady Sadleir”, 1687 — National Trust

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