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- Creator:
- Houston, Richard, 1721?-1775, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1769]
- Call Number:
- Babb-Beckford no. 18+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "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
- Description:
- 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,
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Beckford, Townsend and Sawbridge] [graphic].