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in 1785, contributing portraits yearly up to 1790, and did not again exhibit till 1797, when he was living at Strand-on-the-Green, near Kew, and then sent a portrait of the Prince of Wales. He died at Dorchester, December 17, 1806, aged 68. His works are well drawn, carefully painted in a low sober tone, and. are by no means without merit. Several of his portraits are engraved. There is a portrait of Woodfall, the par- liamentary reporter, by him in the National Portrait Gallery.

• BEALE, Mary, portrait painter. Born in Suffolk 1632. Daughter of the Rev. Mr. Cradock, minister of Walton-on- Thames. She is said to have been in- structed by Sir Peter Lely, but probably only copied his works ; and Walpole adds, ' Sir Peter is supposed to have had a tender attachment to ner.' She painted in oil, water-colour, and crayons, and was much encouraged ; many persons of great distinc- tion, especially Churchmen, sat to her, and she derived a good income from her pro- fession. Her prices in oil were 51. for a head, 101. for a half-length. Pilkington says she married an obscure painter named Beale, but it is stated in a note to Walpole that he succeeded his father in a manor and estate at Walton, Bucks ; and it appears he was more of a chemist than an artist, preparing colours, in which he trafficked with painters, and it is clear exchanged with Lely. It appears, too, that he held some employment under the Board of Green Cloth. Mrs. Beale died in Pall Mall, De- cember 28, 1697, and was buried under the communion table in St. James's Church. There is a portrait by her of Charles II. in the National Portrait Gallery, and of Arch- bishop Tillotson in Lambeth Palace. Her portraits are weakly painted, wanting in expression and finish, hands without draw- ing, and colour disagreeable. She was in her day reputed as a poet as well as a painter.

BEALE, Chaelbs, miniature painter. Son of the foregoing. Born May 28, 1660. Studied art under Fiatman ; then assisted his mother in her draperies and back- grounds, and painted portraits in oil and water-colours, and some few in crayons. But he had weak eyes, which prevented him following his profession more than four or five years, and he never attained any distinction in art.

BEALE, Bartholomew, portrait painter. Another son of the above Mary Beale. He was intended for her profession, and commenced his art under Fiatman, and painted portraits in oil and water-colours ; but he had little inclination for painting, which he relinquished, and studied physic. He practised medicine for a time at Coven- try, and died there. BEAN, Riohabd, engraver. Studied in

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Paris under Guerin. He was of much promise, and produced a set of anatomical plates and some good portraits ; but he was drowned while bathing at Hastings, at the age of 25, June 24, 1817.

BEARD. Thomas, mezzo-tint engraver. Born in Ireland. He engraved several por- traits of no great merit, though popular in his day. His best works dated about 1728.

BEARE, George, portrait painter. Practised in the first half of the 18th cen- tury. There is a known portrait by him of John, fourth Duke of Bedford, and an engraving, date 1747, of another portrait by him.

BE AUCH AMP, Richard, D.D., archi- tect. Son of Sir Walter Beauchamp. Was created Dean of Windsor in 1447, Bishop of Hereford 1449, and of Salisbury 1450. He built the great hall, parlour, and chamber of the Episcopal Palace at Salis- bury, and was appointed by Edward IV., in 1474, 'master and supervisor of the works' in the erection of St. George's Chapel, Windsor. He died in 1481, and was buried at Salisbury.

BEAUCLERC. Lady Diana, amateur. Daughter of Charles Spencer, second Duke of Marlborough. Born March 24, 1734; married in 1757 Viscount Bolingbroke,and, on the dissolution of this marriage, the Hon. Topham Beauclerc, celebrated as a wit and man of society. She drew, designed, and executed bas-reliefs. Walpole says he built a closet 'expressly for the reception of some incomparable drawings by her for scenes in the " Mysterious Mother ;"' but he adds, ' these sublime drawings were the first she ever attempted, and were all con- ceived and executed in a fortnight.' This smacks of flattery ; but she was certainly a clever painter, and though aiming at a loose artistic style, she showed power and invention. She made designs for a trans- lation of Burger's ' Leonora/ and contri- buted some designs also to a handsome edition of Dryden's ' Fables.' published in folio, 1797. A drawing by ner of her two daughters in the characters of ' L' Allegro ' and ' II Penseroso ' was engraved by Bartol- ozzi. She died August 1808, aged 74.

BEAUMONT, Sir Albanis, amateur. Born in Piedmont, but naturalised in this country. He was an amateur draftsman of great merit, and engraved in aqua-tint. He travelled much ; and in 1801 issued his 'Travels in the Alps,' illustrated by his own faithful drawings. Between 1787 and 1806 he published me works on the Alps, and views of the harbours and antiquities of the South of France. He died in Eng- land ; the date of his death is unknown.

BEAUMONT, Sir George Howland, Bart., amateur. Born at Dunmow, Essex, November 6, 1753. Succeeded to the title 1762. Educated at Eton and New College,

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