Portrait of William Beckford, from his monument in the Guildhall; whole length, standing, looking to the left, wearing fur trimmed robes and garter chain; seated by his feet to the left is 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 stands on a large pedestal with long inscription addressed "Most Gracious Sovereign".
Description:
Title from text etched on the pedestal in image., Dedication etched at bottom of plate, above imprint: Humbly inscribed by permission to the Right Honble. Brass Crosby Esqr. Lord Mayor, the Worshipfull Court of Alderman, the Sheriffs & the Common Councilmen of the City of London by their much obliged humble servt. Jno. Smith., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on left edge., and William Beckford: Sugar merchant with estates in Jamaica. Member of Parliament; Lord Mayor of London; supporter of Wilkes. Father of William Thomas Beckford, the author of "Vathek", to whom he left £1,000,000.
Publisher:
Printed for Jno. Smith, No. 35 Cheapside, & Robt. Sayer, No. 53 Fleet Street
Title from letterpress text below image., Publication information from that of the volume in which the plate appears., Below image are four paragraphs of letterpress text with the heading "William Beckford" that contain biographical information; the number "23" is printed below the final paragraph in the lower left., Plate from: The biographical magazine. London : Printed for Effingham Wilson and Sherwood, Neely, & Jones, v. 2 (1820), Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three edges., and Mounted to 41 cm in card stock folder.
"Portrait of William Beckford, standing, looking to the left, wearing robes and chain; in decorative rectangular frame with writing ornaments at top; illustration to Baxter's 'History of England'."--British Museum online catalogue
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Title etched below image., Date from that of the volume for which the print was issued., and Plate from: Baxter, J. A new and impartial history of England ... London : Printed for the proprietors; and sold by H.D. Symonds, [1796]
Titles from text above or below each image., Printmaker identified as J.S. Müller in the Catalogue of engraved British portraits., Date of publication from that of the periodical for which the print was issued., Plate from: London Magazine. London : Printed for R. Baldwin, v. 38 (1769), page 591., and Images of three portrait medallions on one plate, each individually titled.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Beckford, William, 1709-1770,, Townsend, James, -1787,, and Sawbridge, John, 1732?-1795,
Title from original version. See Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., Plate from: The Butiad, or, Political register ... London : Printed for E. Sumpter, 1763., Reduced copy of no. 4056 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., Temporary local subject terms: Aldermen -- Processions: procession of aldermen and City officials from Guildhall to St. James's Palace, May 12, 1763 -- Fleet Street -- Churches: St. Bridge's Church -- Trades: merchants -- Zanies -- Animals: grotesque horses -- Emblems: jack boot for Lord Bute -- Emblems: trade emblems -- Prisons: Newgate -- Sir Charles Asgill, d. 1788 -- Sir Thomas Rawlison, d. 1769 -- Robert Alsop, d.1785 -- Marshe Dickinson, d. 1765 -- Sir Henry Bankes, d. 1774 -- Sir Francis Gosling, d. 1768 -- Richard Blunt, d. 1763 -- Sir Thomas Challenor, d. 1766., Watermark., and Mounted to 34 x 44 cm.
Publisher:
E. Sumpter
Subject (Name):
Beckford, William, 1709-1770, Eyre, James, Sir, 1734-1799, Harrison, Thomas, Sir, 1699 or 1700-1765, and Hodges, James, Sir, d. 1774
"Group portrait in a study around a table; William Beckford seated to left holding a scroll ..., with John Sawbridge sitting opposite him, leaning with his elbows on a book with head on right hand, and James Townsend standing between them, looking down to right, left elbow resting on the back of Sawbridge's chair, the last two wearing fur-trimmed cloak and chains of office."--British Museum online catalogue, description of lettered state
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Title, printmaker, and artist from the Catalogue of engraved British portraits., Proof before letters; lettering below image on published state begins: Willm. Beckford Esqr. Member of Parliament for the City of London ..., Publication information based on that of lettered state. See British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1902,1011.2582., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on lower edge., and Below image are pencil annotations, perhaps in a contemporary hand, that identify the three figures in the portrait and identify Houston as the printmaker.
Publisher:
John Smith and Robert Sayer
Subject (Name):
Beckford, William, 1709-1770,, Townsend, James, -1787,, and Sawbridge, John, 1732?-1795,
Printmaker, title, and publication date from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark at bottom., and Temporary local subject terms: Peace: peace negotiations with France, 1762.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Edward Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1739-1767, William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Saint James's Palace (London, England), Bedford, John Russell, Duke of, 1710-1771, Drummond, Robert Hay, 1711-1776, Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Hawke, Edward Hawke, Baron, 1705-1781, Beckford, William, 1709-1770, Churchill, Charles, 1731-1764, Temple, Richard Grenville-Temple, Earl, 1711-1779, Nivernais, Louis Jules Barbon Mancini-Mazarini, duc de, 1716-1798, Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793, and Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768
Title from the print of which this plate is a copy. See Stephens., Publication date from that of the book in which this plate was published., Reduced copy, without title and verse, of No. 3817 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., Plate from: The Butiad, or, Political register. London : Printed for E. Sumpter, 1763., Temporary local subject terms: London: Cheapside -- Vehicles: chariot -- Slang: "bruisers," i.e., prizefighters, and Mounted to 32 x 45 cm.
Publisher:
E. Sumpter
Subject (Name):
Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Talbot, William Talbot, Earl, 1710-1782, and Beckford, William, 1709-1770