"A group of men wearing oriental costumes and turbans kicking a ball lettered with 'Corn Laws', seen rolling at left; the Caliph (fourth from left, Sir Robert Peel) more furious than the rest, kicking hardest (others kicking, from left to right, Richard Cobden, Lord Morpeth, John Bright, Lord Aberdeen, Sir James Graham, Henry Goulburn, Duke of Buckingham, Duke of Richmond); a man, in the character of Mozamhabad (Duke of Wellington) and his companion (Lord Stanley) kneeling in foreground at right, trying to stop the Caliph, without success."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Scene from Vathek (realized)
Description:
Title from text below image., Print signed with the monogram "HB," which was used by John Doyle., Likely a proof state before minor changes were made to the design., Sheet trimmed with nearly complete loss of series statement from upper right margin; series numbering from British Museum online catalogue, registration no.; 1868,0808.12180., Three lines of quoted text below image: "The Caliph more furious than the rest, followed close, & gave as many kicks as he could. ...", and With contemporary pencil annotations, perhaps by the artist, indicating corrections to be made to the design. Additional notes in pencil below image identify the figures and label the print as a "Proof."
Publisher:
Published Decr. 22nd, 1845, by Thos. McLean, 26 Haymarket and Printed at 70 St. Martin's Lane
Subject (Name):
Beckford, William, 1760-1844., Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, Cobden, Richard, 1804-1865, Carlisle, George William Frederick Howard, Earl of, 1802-1864, Bright, John, 1811-1889, Aberdeen, George Hamilton Gordon, Earl of, 1784-1860, Graham, James, Sir, 1792-1861, Goulburn, Henry, 1784-1856, Buckingham and Chandos, Richard Plantagenet Temple Nugent Brydges Chandos Grenville, Duke of, 1797-1861, Richmond, Charles Gordon-Lennox, Duke of, 1791-1860, Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852, and Derby, Edward George Geoffrey Smith Stanley, Earl of, 1799-1869
"Portrait of John Farquhar, whole length, standing, face in profile to the left, wearing tailcoat and trousers with patches."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image. and Matted to 41 x 33 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. Octr. 1826 by G. Humphreys, 24 St. James St.
Vivarès, Thomas, approximately 1735-approximately 1810, printmaker
Published / Created:
[25 March 1778]
Call Number:
Babb-Beckford no. 118++
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A view of the Fort William estate belonging to William Beckford near Savannah la Marr, with the river in the foreground crossed by bridge and figures driving donkeys at the right, buildings beyond, and a house nestled in a hillside in the background; no. 3 from a series."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., "No. 3."--Lower left corner., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted to 39.4 x 55.9 cm; matted to 52 x 66 cm.
Publisher:
Published March 25th, 1778, by John Boydell, engraver in Cheapside, London
Vivarès, Thomas, approximately 1735-approximately 1810, printmaker
Published / Created:
[25 March 1778]
Call Number:
Babb-Beckford no. 116++
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"View of an estate with blacks (slaves) leading an oxcart, carrying sugar canes, walking with basket on head, and leading a horse. Includes dwellings, outbuildings, and mill buildings (?). Also includes (Beckford?) coat of arms."--John Carter Brown Library image collections, call no.: En778 R649v OVERSIZE
Description:
Title etched below image., "No. 2."--Lower left corner., and Watermark: J. Whatman 1824.
Publisher:
Published March 25th, 1778, by John Boydell, engraver in Cheapside, London
Vivarès, Thomas, approximately 1735-approximately 1810, printmaker
Published / Created:
[25 March 1778]
Call Number:
Babb-Beckford no. 117++
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"View of an estate with blacks (slaves) leading an oxcart, carrying sugar canes, walking with basket on head, and leading a horse. Includes dwellings, outbuildings, and mill buildings (?). Also includes (Beckford?) coat of arms."--John Carter Brown Library image collections, call no.: En778 R649v OVERSIZE
Description:
Title etched below image., "No. 2."--Lower left corner., 1 print : etching and engraving on laid paper, hand-colored ; sheet 40.5 x 55.6 cm., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark; matted to 56 x 72 cm.
Publisher:
Published March 25th, 1778, by John Boydell, engraver in Cheapside, London
"A small wooden bridge over a broad river with rapids, between banks with rich foliage, and a group on the right bank, a woman gathering a sheet, a man with a broad hat and another sitting."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., "No. 4."--Lower left corner., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Publisher:
Published March 25th, 1778, by John Boydell, engraver in Cheapside, London
"View of the spring-head of Roaring River on the estate of William Beckford, surrounded by trees with cattle wading to front, where a kneeling man hands fruit from a basket to a standing woman; no. 5 from a series."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., "No. 5."--Lower left corner., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Matted to 52 x 67 cm.
Publisher:
Published Mar. 25th, 1778, by Jno. Boydell, engraver in Cheapside, London
Title etched below image., Plate from: Neale, J.P. Views of the seats of noblemen and gentlemen in England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland. London : W.H. Reid, 1818-1823., and "Proof."--Lower right corner.
Publisher:
Pub. March 1, 1822, by J.P. Neale, 16 Bennett St., Blackfriars Road, & Sherwood, Neely & Jones, Paternoster Row
Beckford's Tower and tomb, Walcot Cemetery, near Bath
Description:
Title etched below image., Approximate date of publication based on the return of Beckford's tomb to Walcot, which occurred in 1848., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
Published (for the proprietors) by H.G. Collins, 22 Paternoster Row
Subject (Name):
Beckford, William, 1760-1844 and Lansdown Tower (Bath, England),
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Towers, Tombs & sepulchral monuments, and Cemeteries
