death_place death_date nationality name birth_date known_for spouse article_title education birth_name
somers town , london , england august 1825 british isabella beetham 1750 to 1754 silhouette artist edward beetham isabella beetham
 john smart isabella robinson
isabella beetham

isabella beetham was an 18th-century british silhouette artist .
she began her career by cutting the silhouette images .
after studying painting with successful miniature portraitist john smart , beetham painted silhouettes to be framed or miniatures were made for jewelry .
from 1785 to 1809 , she had a business on 27 fleet street in london , where she produced silhouettes of men and women .
she is considered one of the great 18th century silhouette artists , along with john miers and auguste edouart .
