Mary Beale
Mrs Mary Beale, Self Portrait, c. 1675-80
Oil on sacking
Philip Mould & Co.
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Economy - and a natural logic, since the two materials are functionally indistinguishable - led Mary Beale to use supports such as sacking and bed ticking rather than finer canvas for the private portraits of herself and her family, saving the canvas for paintings of her clients.