Mrs. Mary Beale, paintress [art original]

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Title: Mrs. Mary Beale, paintress [art original]
Creator: Vertue, George, 1684-1756
Contributor: Beale, Charles, 1660?-1740, artist.
Published / Created: [between 1720 and 1756?]
Publication Place: England
Abstract: Drawing of Mrs. Mary Beale, English artist
Description: Title from inscription in ink, in 18th century hand, Full inscription: "Mrs. Mary Beal. Paintress. Born 16[?]5 ob. 1700. Beale. fil. pinxit. Orig. in posses. Alex G[?] [L[?]." "Orig. in posses...." on fragment paste down in lower right corner.
For an engraving based on this portrait after Charles Beale, refer to Early British portraits, v. iii, p. 67.
George Vertue, English artist, 1684-1756.
Provenance: Purchased by Horace Walpole from Vertue's widow. Sold to Evans at the Strawberry Hill sale, viii.122. Purchased by Wilmarth S. Lewis from Drake, December 1949.
Extent: 1 drawing : image 14.3 x 11.5 cm, on sheet 18 x 13 cm
Language: English

Genre: Ink drawings British 18th century
Wash drawings British 18th century
Portrait drawings
Material: ink and wash ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Beale, Mary, 1633-1699,
Subject (Topic): Artists
British
Subjects: Beale, Mary, 1633-1699
Artists > British
British > 18th century
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ownership

Access: Public
Rights: The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Citation: George Vertue, Mrs. Mary Beale. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.