Barrow, Suffolk
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Barrow is a village and civil parish in the West Suffolk district of Suffolk, England, about eight miles west of Bury St Edmunds. According to Eilert Ekwall the meaning of the village name is grove or
Village sign in Barrow
Church of All Saints
Mary Beale
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Mary Beale was an English painter who specialised in portrait painting. She was part of a small band of female professional artists working in London. Beale became the main financial provider for her
Barrow, Suffolk
…There is also a small Baptist Chapel in the village. Mary Beale, one of the most successful professional female Baroque-era portrait painters of the late 17th century, was born in the village rectory. Near the village…
Self-portrait, c. 1675–1680
Her husband, the painter Charles Beale the Elder, by Mary Beale
Mary Beale's memorial in St James Church, Piccadilly
Portrait of a Mathematician (c. 1680) The identity of the subject is not known but has been conjectured to be Robert Hooke or Isaac Barrow