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
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
Isaac Barrow was an English Christian theologian and mathematician who is generally given credit for his early role in the development of infinitesimal calculus; in particular, for a proof of the fund
Mary Beale
…Mary. Prominent sitters 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 Distinguished Anglican Clergyman Dr. John Tillotson (1630–1694) was a frequent sitter for Mrs. Beale. She painted him a total of five times in…
Portrait of Barrow by Mary Beale
Lectiones habitae in scholiis publicis academiae Cantabrigiensis AD 1664
Statue of Isaac Barrow in the chapel of Trinity College, Cambridge