A Cyclopaedia of Female Biography/Beale, Mary
BEALE, MARY,
An English portrait-painter, was born in Suffolk, in 1632, and died in 1697. She was the daughter of the Rev. Mr. Cradock, minister of Walton-upon-Thames, and was instructed in her art by Sir Peter Lely, whose works, and those of Vandyck, she studied with the greatest care. Her style was formed on the best models of the Italian school, and her colouring was clear, strong, and natural.
She also paraphrased some of the Psalms of David.