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1.
Mrs. Beal paintress [art original]

Creator:
Beale, Mary, 1633-1699, artist
Published / Created:
[not after 1697]
Call Number:
Folio 33 30 Copy 11
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Portrait drawing of the painter Mary Beale; half-length, turned to the left and looking back at viewer; wearing a low-cut gown and pearl necklace; curls of hair falling on her nape and shoulders
Alternative Title:
Mrs. Beal the paintress, drawn by herself
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: Mrs. Beal the paintress, drawn by herself., Apparently copied from a portrait by Peter Lely; "aft. Lely" written in ink in lower right corner., 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 79 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., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Name):
Beale, Mary, 1633-1699,
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Mrs. Beal paintress [art original]

2.
Mrs. Beale & her son Charles [graphic]

Creator:
Chambars, Thomas, approximately 1724-1789, printmaker
Published / Created:
[approximately 1762]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3582 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait of Mary Beale, with another of her son Charles; bust length to right; in oval on stone pedastal, portrait of Charles in oval to left; after C. Beale (?)."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Mrs. Beale and her son Charles
Description:
Title etched below image., Original drawings were formerly attributed to Mary Beale and are currently attributed tentatively to Charles Beale. See British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: P,6.157., Publication information from that of the volume in which the print appeared., Plate from: Walpole, H. Anecdotes of painting in England ... [Twickenham] : Strawberry Hill, 1762-1771 [that is 1780]., Probably engraved after the watercolor drawings that were kept by Horace Walpole in the Green Closet at Strawberry Hill., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., "Vol. III, p. 67"--Above image in upper right., and Mounted on page 62 of Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of his: 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 12.
Publisher:
Strawberry Hill Press
Subject (Name):
Beale, Mary, 1633-1699,, Beale, Charles, 1660-1714,, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Mrs. Beale & her son Charles [graphic]

3.
[Eminent painters] [graphic]

Creator:
Slann, Robert, fl. 1820, printmaker
Published / Created:
Sept. 1, 1803.
Call Number:
Folio 724 812 B68
Collection Title:
Plate [188] Plate in: Series of one hundred and ninety-six engravings, (in the line manner) by the
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Vignette to Bowyer's edition of Hume's 'History of England'; portrait medallions of Cooper, Sir Godfrey Kneller, Mrs Beale, Sir James Thornhill, Hogarth on a wall with Ephesian Artemis kneeling above, holding a veil over herself, watched by a painter kneeling in the left foreground with portfolio in hand."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Plate [188] in a volume bound to 50 cm.
Publisher:
Published by R. Bowyer, Historic Gallery, Pall Mall
Subject (Name):
Cooper, Abraham, 1787-1868,, Kneller, Godfrey, Sir, 1646-1723,, Beale, Mary, 1633-1699,, Thornhill, James, Sir, 1675 or 1676-1734,, Hogarth, William, 1697-1764,, and Artemis (Greek deity),
Subject (Topic):
Painters (Artists) and British
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [Eminent painters] [graphic]

4.
Mrs. Mary Beale, paintress [art original]

Creator:
Vertue, George, 1684-1756
Published / Created:
[between 1720 and 1756?]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3664.2
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
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., and George Vertue, English artist, 1684-1756.
Subject (Name):
Beale, Mary, 1633-1699,
Subject (Topic):
Artists and British
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Mrs. Mary Beale, paintress [art original]