Anne Beechey
Anne, Lady Beechey was a British portrait painter.
Life
Beechey was born in Thorpe St Andrew near Norwich, Norfolk, in 1764 as Anne Phyllis Jessop. She developed a successful portrait business and she met William Beechey who was also a painter. William was in Norwich between 1782 and 1787 and it presumed they met at that time. In 1787 she exhibited works at the Royal Academy as "Miss A. P. Jessup".William was a widower in 1793 with five children after his first wife, Mary Ann, died. Beechey and Jessop wed in 1793. She continued to exhibit at the Royal Academy from 1795 to 1805. She used the name Mrs Beechey until 1799, when she became Lady Beechey.
Children
- Anne Phyllis Beechey
- Frederick William Beechey, Royal Navy captain, geographer, politician
- George Duncan Beechey, painter
- Anna Dodsworth Beechey
- William Nelson Beechey
- Charlotte Earl Beechey
- Alfred Beechey
- St. Vincent Beechey, clergyman
- Richard Brydges Beechey, painter and admiral in the British navy
- Jane Henrietta Frances Beechey