Fruit of Friendship: Portraits by Mary Beale

Showcases the work of successful seventeenth-century British artist Mary Beale who ran her own studio practice.

Accompanying a major exhibition at Philip Mould & Company, Fruit of Friendship: Portraits by Mary Beale presents the work of the remarkable seventeenth-century woman artist.

Mary Beale (1633-1699) was Britain’s first woman artist to run a successful studio practice. In an era when the arts in Britain were flourishing and portraitists were in high demand, Beale established a unique...