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The Rt Honble Willm Beckford Esqr: P.95-1953

Object information

Awaiting location update

Titles

The Rt Honble Willm Beckford Esqr
Portrait of William Beckford, 1709-1770

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Publisher: Smith, John (of Cheapside)
Publisher: Sayer, Robert

Entities

Categories

Notes

History note: From the Liechtenstein Collection

Legal notes

Given by Louis C. G. Clarke, Trinity Hall, November 1953

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1953) by Clarke, Louis Colville Gray

Dating

18th Century
Circa 1769 - Circa 1770

Note

Inscriptions on bottom "Lord Mayor, & Member of Parliament for the City of London. This being the Second Time of his Mayoralty & the third Time of Representing that City in Parliament" and "London, Printed for R. Sayer at No. 53 Fleet Street, & J. Smith at No. 35 in Cheapside".

School or Style

British

Techniques used in production

Mezzotint

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.95-1953
Primary reference Number: 206143
Chaloner Smith: 23 (Unknown engraver)
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Audit data

Created: Thursday 13 August 2015 Updated: Friday 26 July 2019 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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