"Portrait, half-length; seated in profile to right; his long hair tied in the back; wearing a dark coat over light waistcoat and neckerchief; inscription space not cleaned of tool marks; vertical lines, three mm heigh, at ten mm distance, along bottom plate-mark in inscription space; after Wyatt."--British Museum online catalogue
Title etched below image., Date of publication based on the construction timeframe for the tower, which was completed in 1827., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three edges., and Matted to 29 x 32 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Beckford, William, 1760-1844 and Lansdown Tower (Bath, England)
"A coach entering Fonthill, passing under the arch, two men on horseback holding torches in front of the coach, a soldier standing by the arch; other coaches in front and a group of figures under a marquee to the right celebrating."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Date of publication from that of the periodical for which the print was issued., Plate from: The gentleman's magazine. London : John Nichols, v. 71 (April 1801), "Gent. Mag. April 1801, pl. I, p. 289"--Upper right corner., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark on right and left edges.
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.
Title from note in pencil in lower right corner. and Signed in pencil with artist's initials and date in lower left corner; artist's name also written in pencil on mount.
Subject (Geographic):
Sintra (Portugal)
Subject (Name):
Beckford, William, 1760-1844
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Buildings, structures, etc, and Dwellings
"Portrait of Master Horace Beckford as a youth, standing with his back to, but turning towards the viewer, right hand resting on the top of his cane, left on the base of a pillar beside him to left, wearing Van Dyck dress with a large plumed hat; trees seen over a wall beyond to right; in a double border; after Cosway."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image. and Title washed over in brown.
Publisher:
Published by J. Condé, August 1, 1792, No. 53 Well's Street, Oxford Street, & at Colnaghi & Co., Pall Mall
Subject (Name):
Rivers, William Horace Beckford Pitt-Rivers, Baron, 1777-1831,
"Portrait after Reynolds (Mannings 148), whole length, standing in a temple in profile to left, with head turned to look to front; holding an offering in a small vase on a tray, above an altar with burning fire; a female attendant behind at right pouring liquid from a jug."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image. and "Proof."--Lower left corner.
