Admission ticket to the Phillips showing of Fonthill Abbey in 1823. The image on the ticket, enclosed within a double-pointed oval border, depicts the eastern towers of the house with the central tower beyond. Beneath are blank panels, left and right, linked by a smaller central panal labeled 'Visitors.' At the bottom are two detachable tokens bearing the initials 'HP' and 'FA' within roundels
Alternative Title:
Fonthill Abbey 1823
Description:
Title from text within border of image., Probably a later state, with the text within the image border reengraved to allow admission of two visitors instead of three. Cf. Lewis Walpole Library call no.: Babb-Beckford no. 91., Sheet trimmed within plate mark, with loss of token from the lower right., Imperfect; the word "two" before "visitors" within image border has been mostly erased from sheet and the word "one" written in ink in its place, and the "s" at the end of "visitors" has been erased in both occurrences of that word., and With contemporary annotations in ink, including the signature of auctioneer Harry Phillips, the name of the visitor using the ticket, the ticket number "258," and the price "10/6."
Title from text below image., Possibly designed to be bound with: Rutter, J. Delineations of Fonthill and its abbey, 1823. See: Millington, J. Engravings of Fonthill. In: The Beckford journal, v. 7 (Spring 2001), page 47., and Watermark, partially trimmed: J. Whatman 1823.
"Portrait; whole length, standing, to the right, head turned to the left, one arm gesturing out towards the right; in fur trimmed robes and garter medal; standing in niche with two naked boys below to the right, one supporting a large book; the sword and mace to the left; after a sculpture by Carlini."--British Museum online catalogue
Almost half-length oval portrait of William Beckford, looking left, with a small, rectanguar scene etched below with Beckford as Lord Mayor approaching the throne of George III
Description:
Title etched below image., Artist identified as A. Carlini in the Catalogue of engraved British portraits., 1 print : stipple engraving with etching on wove paper ; plate mark 16.5 x 11.1 cm, on sheet 21 x 13 cm., and Matted to 33 x 27 cm.
Publisher:
Published as the act directs April 19, 1798, by J. Wilkes
Almost half-length oval portrait of William Beckford, looking left, with a small, rectanguar scene etched below with Beckford as Lord Mayor approaching the throne of George III
Description:
Title etched below image. and Artist identified as A. Carlini in the Catalogue of engraved British portraits.
Publisher:
Published as the act directs April 19, 1798, by J. Wilkes
Almost half-length oval portrait of William Beckford, looking left, with a small, rectanguar scene etched below with Beckford as Lord Mayor approaching the throne of George III
Description:
Title etched below image., Artist identified as A. Carlini in the Catalogue of engraved British portraits., 1 print : stipple engraving with etching on wove paper ; plate mark 16.3 x 11.2 cm, on sheet 27.6 x 21.2 cm., and Watermark: 1810.
Publisher:
Published as the act directs April 19, 1798, by J. Wilkes
Almost half-length oval portrait of William Beckford, looking left, with a small, rectanguar scene etched below with Beckford as Lord Mayor approaching the throne of George III
Description:
Title etched below image., Artist identified as A. Carlini in the Catalogue of engraved British portraits., and 1 print : stipple engraving with etching on wove paper ; plate mark 16.3 x 11.2 cm, on sheet 19.1 x 14.5 cm.
Publisher:
Published as the act directs April 19, 1798, by J. Wilkes
"Portrait of the historian William Beckford; a silhouette, bust, in profile to the left."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate from: The monthly mirror. London : T. Bellamy, 1795-1811., and 1 print : stipple engraving on wove paper ; plate mark 16.1 x 10.9 cm, on sheet 21.7 x 13.4 cm.
"Portrait of the historian William Beckford; a silhouette, bust, in profile to the left."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate from: The monthly mirror. London : T. Bellamy, 1795-1811., 1 print : stipple engraving on wove paper ; sheet 10.9 x 7.9 cm., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
