4.5.1796 miss Beetham adv at Opie's
see John Opie DNB 1761-1807. Jane Beetham was Opie's pupil, daughter of Edward Beetham, actor, author, inventor and bookseller of 27 Fleet St, and his wife Isabella, silhouette artist. Jane was named in Opie's divorce case but chose not to marry him and married a solicitor, John Read on 11.2.1800 at St Dunstan in the West, and exhibited at the RA as Mrs Read. Her cousin was Mary Matilda Betham.