Historic England has installed the plaque at Allbrook Farmhouse in the town to celebrate the accomplishments of Mary Beale, a portrait painter born in 1633, who lived until 1699. Recognised for her ...

Mary Beale, a Suffolk-born painter, has become the first 17th-century figure to be honoured with a national blue plaque.

A blue plaque has been erected in recognition of a woman believed to be one of Britain's first professional female artists.

A plaque has been installed at Allbrook Farmhouse in Eastleigh to mark the career of the portrait painter who lived from 1633 ...

75.5 x 61 cm. (29.7 x 24 in.) Mary Beale was the most distinguished female portrait painter of the Stuart period and one of the first professional female artists in England. Beale was not only unique ...

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