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Mary Beale Works Online
Categorized & Annotated
Paintings in Museums and Public Art Galleries Worldwide:
National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. NEW! Most but not all artists in the NGA database have works online
Mary Beale at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington D.C.
Tate Gallery, London, UK 4 paintings online
Brighton & Hove Museums, England
Bury St. Edmunds Art Gallery, England Self portrait, ca.1675
Courtauld Institute of Art, London, UK 3 works by or related to the artist
Dulwich Picture Gallery, London, UK NEW!
National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington D.C. Sir James Long of Draycott Park, ca.1660 Portrait of a Woman with a Black Hood, ca.1660
National Portrait Gallery, London, UK
The Huntington Library, California
Victoria and Albert Museum Catalogue, London, UK Portrait of a boy, ca.1682
Victoria and Albert Museum Catalogue, London, UK Portrait of a baby
National Art Databases and Museum Inventories:
Art Fund for UK Museums 3 works online when last checked
Art Market: (e.g. records of past sales at auction; sites providing examples of the artist's signature)
Art Signature Dictionary NEW!
Christie's Past Sale Archive (database goes as far back as 1991; images go about as far back as 1999)
Sotheby's Sold Lot Archive (database goes as far back as 1998; images where permitted by copyright go about as far back as 2001)
Pictures from Image Archives:
Mary Beale at The Athenaeum 
Wikimedia Commons Image Database 
RKD Netherlands Imagebase NEW! Eclectic database of images that range from old black-and-white photos to superb, zoomable reproductions
Additional Image Search Tools:
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Miscellaneous Sites:
Women Artists from the Medieval Period to the Present Self-Portrait, ca.1675
Articles and Reference Sites:
RKD Netherlands Institute for Art History 
Union List of Artist Names (Getty Museum)  Reference sheet with basic information about the artist and pointers to other references.
Wikipedia, the "Open Content" Encyclopedia
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