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Joan Carlile

³¦.1606–1679

Portrait of an Unknown Lady 1650–5
In Tate Britain

Historic and Modern British Art

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Joan Carlile or Carlell or Carliell (c. 1606–1679), was an English portrait painter. She was one of the first English women known to practise painting professionally. Before Carlile, known professional female painters working in Britain were born elsewhere in Europe, principally the Low Countries.

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  • Portrait of an Unknown Lady

    Joan Carlile
    1650–5
    On display at Tate Britain part of Historic and Modern British Art

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    Joyce H. Townsend

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