Mr. Beale son of Mrs. Beal [art original].

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Description

Title
Mr. Beale son of Mrs. Beal [art original].
Alternative Title
Mr. Charles Beal, drawn by his mother
Creator
Beale, Mary, 1633-1699, artist
Published / Created
[not after 1697]
Publication Place
England
Abstract

Portrait drawing of Charles Beale, the son of painter Mary Beale; half-length, turned to the left; wearing a thin moustache; a high collar or ruff covering his neck; wavy hair falling to his shoulders

Description
Title from note in ink in lower left corner of sheet, possibly in Horace Walpole's hand.
Alternative title and attribution to Mary Beale from Richard Bull's note below image on mounting sheet: Mr. Charles Beal, drawn by his mother.
Date of production based on artist's death date.
This drawing was given to Richard Bull by Horace Walpole in 1786, as indicated by Bull's note on mounting page: Presented to Mr. Bull by Mr. Walpole, 1786.
Mounted on page 80 of Richard Bull's copiously extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 13.
For further information, consult library staff.
Provenance
Sold at Sotheby's 29 April-1 May 1880 (Bull sale), lot 886, to Ellis, £110. Offered by Ellis & White in Catalogue 46, ca. 1881 for £210. Sold at Sotheby's 15(16) June 1920?, lot 243 to Lynch, (C. Constable Curtis of Langford Hall, Newark, Nottinghamshire), £255. Purchased by W.S. Lewis from Mrs. Curtis, of Langford Hall, Newark, Nottinghamshire, August 1937.
Extent
1 drawing : sheet 30.8 x 24 cm
Language
English

Collection Information

Repository
Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number
Folio 33 30 Copy 11

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre
Portraits
Charcoal drawings
Wash drawings
Material
charcoal and ink wash ; and laid paper.
Resource Type
still image
Subject (Name)
Beale, Charles, 1660-1714,
Subjects
Beale, Charles, 1660-1714
Walpole, Horace 1717-1797 > Presentation to Richard Bull
Walpole, Horace 1717-1797 > Ownership
Bull, Richard, 1725-1806 > Ownership
Curtis, Charles Constable, 1852-1936 > Ownership
Curtis, Edith Fanny Onslow, -1944 > Ownership

Access And Usage Rights

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
Mary Beale, Mr. Beale Son of Mrs. Beal. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.

Identifiers

Orbis Record
13450354
Object ID (OID)
16732971

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