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Joan Carlile

1606-00-00 – 1679-01-01

Portrait of Joan Carlile
The Carlile Family with Sir Justinian Isham in Richmond Park by Joan Palmer Carlile, 1650s, oil on canvas, 61 x 74 cm., Lamport Hall, accession no. 95Credit: Joan Carlile

Life & Legacy

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.

Occupation & Career

painter, artist

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Sources & Provenance

  1. Wikidata population candidate Q6204922 — wikidata View source

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