Title etched above image., Publication date in British Museum catalogue: June 21, 1770., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on sides., and Temporary local subject terms: Statues: statue of William Beckford by John Francis Moore, 1772 -- Speeches: reference to Beckford's speech in the House of Commons, November 1766 -- Male dress: alderman's robes.
"Monument for the Marquis of Granby with weeping Britannia and soldier."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Monument designed for the Marquis of Granby
Description:
Title from item., Publication date in British Museum catalogue: October 18, 1770., Plate from: The Oxford magazine or, Universal museum ... London : Printed for the authors, v. 5 (1770), page 180., Temporary local subject terms: Reference to the Battle of Minden, August 1759 -- Reference to the Battle of Warburg, 1760 -- Reference to Godenburg -- Reference to Copenhagen., and Mounted to 33 x 46 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Granby, John Manners, Marquis of, 1721-1770
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character), Angels, Cannons, Crying, Liberty cap, Soldiers, and British
Title etched below image., Artist of the statue identified as F.J. Moore in the Catalogue of engraved British portraits., Date of publication based on the dates of other prints showing Beckford's monument, which was completed in 1772. See Catalogue of engraved British portraits preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum, v. 1, pages 151-152., Probably an illustration to a book., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
"Portrait of William Beckford, from his monument in the Guildhall; whole length, standing, looking to the left, wearing fur trimed robes and garter chain; seated by his feet to the left a female personification of the City of London weeping, and on the right the figure of Trade & Commerce shown slouching with head bowed; the statue on large pedestal; book illustration."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Artist from the Catalogue of engraved British portraits., Approximate date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1868,0822.5031., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted to 24 x 17 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Beckford, William, 1709-1770 and Beckford, William, 1709-1770,
Drawing of the monument Nicholas Stone Senior (1586-1647).
Description:
Title devised be cataloger., Inscription in pencil, within design of the monument encirling effigy: Nicholas Stone, sculp. & architect, &c., Inscription in pencil, within design of the monument below effigy: 24 Aug 1642 departed this life., Inscription in pencil, within design at the base of the monument: H.S. posuit., Inscription in pencil, lower half of sheet: This monument was fixed in the north wall of the Parish Church of St. Martins in the Fields., Drawing that was used as a basis for an engraving of Stone in: Anecdotes of painting in England / by Mr. Horace Walpole. [Strawberry-Hill] : Printed by Thomas Farmer at Strawberry-Hill, MDCCLXII [1762], v. 2, opp. p. 23., and George Vertue, English artist, 1684-1756.
Subject (Name):
Stone, Nicholas, 1586-1647, and Stone, Nicholas, 1586-1647
