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William Beckford

Also known as: William Beckford; primary name: Beckford, William Thomas; other name: Beckford, William
Details: individual; author/poet; collector; British; Male
Life dates: 1760-1844
Address: Fonthill, Wiltshire
Biography: Author of 'Vathek'; builder of Fonthill Abbey; the great collector and patron with money derived from Jamaican sugar plantations inherited from his father William (q.v.), MP and twice mayor of London. The Beckford Archive is in the Bodleian Library, Oxford. Large numbers of prints were purchased from his collection by the BM through William Smith in two parts: see 1848,1125.1 to 562, and 1849,0512.1 to 942. Much of his collection was acquired by his son-in-law, the 10th Duke of Hamilton (q.v.), and was sold in the Hamilton Palace Sale of 1882.
Bibliography: DNB 'William Beckford, 1760-1844 : an eye for the magnificent' ed. Derek E. Ostergard, catalogue of the exhibition at the Bard Center and V&A, 2001

1,509 related objects

cup; saucer

Museum number: 1936,0715.135.CR |
Producer name: BIOG68694 Factory of:Duc d'Angoulême's Factory |
Production date: 1793-1797 |
Production place: Factory in:Paris (France)

cup; saucer

Museum number: Franks.106.+ |
Cultures/periods: Qing dynastyKangxi |
Production date: 1700-1722 |
Production place: Decorated in:France

drawing

Title: Date Obulum Belisario |
Museum number: 1868,0808.4438 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Drawn by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1769

drawing

Museum number: 1848,1125.3 |
Producer name: BIOG24299 Drawn by:Albrecht Dürer |
Production date: 1520-1521

drawing

Museum number: 1848,1125.10 |
Producer name: BIOG21778 Drawn by:Domenico Campagnola |
Production date: 1511-1562

drawing

Museum number: 1848,1125.16 |
Producer name: BIOG23423 Drawn by:John Coney |
Production date: 1815

drawing

Museum number: 1848,1125.13 |
Producer name: BIOG41167 Drawn by:Parmigianino |
Production date: 1530-1540

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1848,1125.5 |
Producer name: BIOG49820 Drawn by:David Vinckboons |
Production date: 1608

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1848,1125.6 |
Producer name: BIOG49820 Drawn by:David Vinckboons |
Production date: 1608

drawing

Museum number: 1848,1125.11 |
Producer name: BIOG41629 Drawn by:Perino del Vaga |
Production date: 1540-1547

drawing

Museum number: 1848,1125.1 |
Producer name: BIOG26215 Drawn by:Gerbrand van den Eeckhout |
Production date: 1661-1663

drawing; album

Museum number: 1849,1003.167 |
Producer name: BIOG49322 Drawn by:Willem van de Velde II |
Production date: 1686

drawing

Museum number: 1848,1125.18 |
Producer name: BIOG23423 Drawn by:John Coney |
Production date: 1786-1833

drawing

Museum number: 1848,1125.17 |
Producer name: BIOG23423 Drawn by:John Coney |
Production date: 1820

drawing

Museum number: 1944,1014.24 |
Producer name: BIOG21269 Drawn by:John Buckler |
Production date: 1821

drawing; offset

Museum number: 1848,1125.9 |
Producer name: BIOG31810 Drawn by:Hans Holbein the Younger |
Production date: 1536-1537

drawing

Museum number: 1848,1125.2 |
Producer name: Attributed to:Hendrik Hondius IAfter:Lucas van Leyden |
Production date: 1573-1650

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1848,1125.4 |
Producer name: BIOG49820 Drawn by:David Vinckboons |
Production date: 1608

drawing

Museum number: 1848,1125.8 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Peter FlötnerFormerly attributed to:Hans Holbein the Younger |
Production date: 1539

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1848,1125.7 |
Producer name: BIOG49820 Drawn by:David Vinckboons |
Production date: 1608

drawing

Museum number: 1848,1125.14 |
Producer name: BIOG22878 Attributed to:Antonio Circignani |
Production date: 1585-1630

drawing

Museum number: 1848,1125.12 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Baldassare PeruzziFormerly attributed to:Jacopo Sansovino |
Production date: 1496-1536

drawing

Museum number: 1848,1125.15 |
Producer name: BIOG22125 Drawn by:John Carter |
Production date: 1748-1817

lekythos

Museum number: 1882,0704.1 |
Cultures/periods: x13677 Attic |
Production date: 410BC-400BC |
Production place: Made in:Attica (Greece) |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Basilicata

medal

Museum number: M.4774 |
Producer name: BIOG110742 Designed by:John Kirk |
Production date: 1770 |
Production place: Made in:British Isles

medal

Museum number: M.4775 |
Production date: 1770 |
Production place: Made in:British Isles

medal

Museum number: BNK,EngM.219 |
Producer name: BIOG110742 Designed by:John Kirk |
Production date: 1770 |
Production place: Made in:British Isles

oinochoe

Museum number: 1845,1129.1 |
Cultures/periods: x101854 Classical Greek |
Production date: 480BC-450BC

plate

Museum number: 1926,1016.2.CR |
Producer name: Factory of:Duc d'Angoulême's FactoryPainted by:Cornelis van Spaendonck |
Production date: 1789-1797 |
Production place: Factory in:Paris (France)

plate

Museum number: 1926,1016.1.CR |
Producer name: Factory of:Duc d'Angoulême's FactoryPainted by:Cornelis van Spaendonck |
Production date: 1789-1797 |
Production place: Factory in:Paris (France)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1849,0512.50 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pierre Philippe ChoffardAfter:Charles Monnet |
Production date: 1775

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1849,0512.518 |
Producer name: Block cut by:Luke ClennellAfter:Thomas Stothard |
Production date: 1810-1812

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1849,0512.538 |
Producer name: Block cut by:Luke ClennellAfter:Thomas Stothard |
Production date: 1810

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1849,0512.727 |
Producer name: After:Joseph Mallord William TurnerPrint made by:Edward Finden |
Production date: 1819-1825

print

Museum number: 1848,1125.432 |
Producer name: After:Jacob Isaaksz van RuisdaelPrint made by:Johann Friedrich Bruder |
Production date: 1800-1815

print; ornament print

Title: Varie Architeture di Francesco Fanelli fiorentino Scultore del Re della Gran Bretagne |
Museum number: 1848,1125.85 |
Producer name: Print made by:William FaithorneAfter:Francesco Fanelli |
Production date: 1661

print; ornament print

Title: Varie Architeture di Francesco Fanelli fiorentino Scultore del Re della Gran Bretagne |
Museum number: 1848,1125.91 |
Producer name: Print made by:William FaithorneAfter:Francesco Fanelli |
Production date: 1661

print; ornament print

Title: Varie Architeture di Francesco Fanelli fiorentino Scultore del Re della Gran Bretagne |
Museum number: 1848,1125.90 |
Producer name: Print made by:William FaithorneAfter:Francesco Fanelli |
Production date: 1661

print; ornament print

Title: Varie Architeture di Francesco Fanelli fiorentino Scultore del Re della Gran Bretagne |
Museum number: 1848,1125.112 |
Producer name: Print made by:William FaithorneAfter:Francesco Fanelli |
Production date: 1661

print

Museum number: 1848,1125.337 |
Producer name: BIOG46533 Print made by:Edward Smith |
Production date: 1805-1848

print

Museum number: 1848,1125.384 |
Producer name: Print made by:Edward ScrivenIntermediary draughtsman:Henry Corbould |
Production date: 1833

print; ornament print

Title: Varie Architeture di Francesco Fanelli fiorentino Scultore del Re della Gran Bretagne |
Museum number: 1848,1125.86 |
Producer name: Print made by:William FaithorneAfter:Francesco Fanelli |
Production date: 1661

print; ornament print

Title: Varie Architeture di Francesco Fanelli fiorentino Scultore del Re della Gran Bretagne |
Museum number: 1848,1125.97 |
Producer name: Print made by:William FaithorneAfter:Francesco Fanelli |
Production date: 1661

print; ornament print

Title: Varie Architeture di Francesco Fanelli fiorentino Scultore del Re della Gran Bretagne |
Museum number: 1848,1125.98 |
Producer name: Print made by:William FaithorneAfter:Francesco Fanelli |
Production date: 1661

print; ornament print

Title: Varie Architeture di Francesco Fanelli fiorentino Scultore del Re della Gran Bretagne |
Museum number: 1848,1125.104 |
Producer name: Print made by:William FaithorneAfter:Francesco Fanelli |
Production date: 1661

print; ornament print

Title: Varie Architeture di Francesco Fanelli fiorentino Scultore del Re della Gran Bretagne |
Museum number: 1848,1125.105 |
Producer name: Print made by:William FaithorneAfter:Francesco Fanelli |
Production date: 1661

print; ornament print

Title: Varie Architeture di Francesco Fanelli fiorentino Scultore del Re della Gran Bretagne |
Museum number: 1848,1125.89 |
Producer name: Print made by:William FaithorneAfter:Francesco Fanelli |
Production date: 1661

print; ornament print

Title: Varie Architeture di Francesco Fanelli fiorentino Scultore del Re della Gran Bretagne |
Museum number: 1848,1125.102 |
Producer name: Print made by:William FaithorneAfter:Francesco Fanelli |
Production date: 1661

print; ornament print

Title: Varie Architeture di Francesco Fanelli fiorentino Scultore del Re della Gran Bretagne |
Museum number: 1848,1125.87 |
Producer name: Print made by:William FaithorneAfter:Francesco Fanelli |
Production date: 1661

print; ornament print

Title: Varie Architeture di Francesco Fanelli fiorentino Scultore del Re della Gran Bretagne |
Museum number: 1848,1125.111 |
Producer name: Print made by:William FaithorneAfter:Francesco Fanelli |
Production date: 1661

print; ornament print

Title: Varie Architeture di Francesco Fanelli fiorentino Scultore del Re della Gran Bretagne |
Museum number: 1848,1125.84 |
Producer name: Print made by:William FaithorneAfter:Francesco Fanelli |
Production date: 1661

print

Title: Tableaux, statues, bas-reliefs et camées de la galerie de Florence et du palais Pitti |
Museum number: 1848,1125.412 |
Producer name: BIOG37533 Print made by:Louis Joseph Masquelier |
Production date: 1789-1807

print; ornament print

Title: Varie Architeture di Francesco Fanelli fiorentino Scultore del Re della Gran Bretagne |
Museum number: 1848,1125.94 |
Producer name: Print made by:William FaithorneAfter:Francesco Fanelli |
Production date: 1661

print; ornament print

Title: Varie Architeture di Francesco Fanelli fiorentino Scultore del Re della Gran Bretagne |
Museum number: 1848,1125.109 |
Producer name: Print made by:William FaithorneAfter:Francesco Fanelli |
Production date: 1661

print; ornament print

Title: Varie Architeture di Francesco Fanelli fiorentino Scultore del Re della Gran Bretagne |
Museum number: 1848,1125.93 |
Producer name: Print made by:William FaithorneAfter:Francesco Fanelli |
Production date: 1661

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1849,0512.847 |
Producer name: After:John FlaxmanPrint made by:Alfred Robert Freebairn |
Production date: 1837

print

Title: Icones Principum Virorum |
Museum number: 1848,1125.174 |
Producer name: Print made by:Schelte Adamsz. BolswertAfter:Anthony van Dyck |
Production date: 1630-1645

print

Title: Icones Principum Virorum |
Museum number: 1848,1125.176 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pieter de Jode IIAfter:Anthony van Dyck |
Production date: 1640-1645

print

Title: Icones Principum Virorum |
Museum number: 1848,1125.175 |
Producer name: Print made by:Paulus PontiusAfter:Anthony van Dyck |
Production date: 1630-1640

print

Museum number: 1848,1125.541 |
Producer name: Print made by:Heinrich GuttenbergAfter:Adam van Noort |
Production date: 1800-1830

print; ornament print

Title: Varie Architeture di Francesco Fanelli fiorentino Scultore del Re della Gran Bretagne |
Museum number: 1848,1125.113 |
Producer name: Print made by:William FaithorneAfter:Francesco Fanelli |
Production date: 1661

print

Title: Icones Principum Virorum |
Museum number: 1848,1125.166 |
Producer name: Print made by:Lucas Vorsterman IAfter:Anthony van Dyck |
Production date: 1620-1640

print

Title: Galerie des peintres flamands, hollandais et allemands de Le Brun |
Museum number: 1848,1125.436 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert DaudetAfter:Adam François van der Meulen |
Production date: 1775

print

Museum number: 1848,1125.545 |
Producer name: BIOG48175 After:David Teniers the Younger |
Production date: 1834-1836

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1848,1125.205 |
Producer name: Print made by:Edward ScrivenIntermediary draughtsman:William Hilton |
Production date: 1818

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1848,1125.198 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert CooperIntermediary draughtsman:Robert William Satchwell |
Production date: 1818

print; ornament print

Title: Mirrors with jewelled surrounds |
Museum number: 1848,1125.155 |
Producer name: Print made by:Abraham de BruynPublished by:Joos de Bosscher |
Production date: 1580-1600

print

Title: Icones Principum Virorum |
Museum number: 1848,1125.178 |
Producer name: Print made by:Paulus PontiusAfter:Anthony van Dyck |
Production date: 1630-1645

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1848,1125.325 |
Producer name: Print made by:Edward SmithAfter:Anthony van Dyck |
Production date: 1822

print

Title: Bears and Dogs |
Museum number: 1848,1125.542 |
Producer name: After:Frans SnydersPrint made by:James Fittler |
Production date: 1809

print

Title: A Gentleman paying his Addresses to a Lady Boors Singing |
Museum number: 1848,1125.467 |
Producer name: Print made by:Ambrose William WarrenAfter:Gerard Ter Borch II |
Production date: 1815

print

Museum number: 1848,1125.199 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert CooperAfter:Anthony van Dyck |
Production date: 1795-1836

print

Title: Musée Royal |
Museum number: 1848,1125.184 |
Producer name: Print made by:Louis Pierre Henriquel-DupontIntermediary draughtsman:Charles Abraham Chasselat |
Production date: 1822

print

Title: Small landscapes |
Museum number: 1848,1125.134 |
Producer name: Print made by:Schelte Adamsz. BolswertAfter:Peter Paul Rubens |
Production date: 1638 |
Production place: Published in:Antwerp (city)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1849,0512.514 |
Producer name: Block cut by:Luke ClennellAfter:Thomas Stothard |
Production date: 1810-1812

print; title-page

Title: Arctica |
Museum number: 1848,1125.51 |
Producer name: BIOG49874 Formerly attributed to:Cornelis Visscher |
Production date: 1650-1700

print; title-page

Museum number: 1849,0512.494 |
Producer name: After:Thomas StothardBlock cut by:Luke Clennell |
Production date: 1810

print; title-page

Museum number: 1849,0512.737 |
Producer name: After:Joseph Mallord William TurnerPrint made by:Edward Goodall |
Production date: 1835

print; title-page

Title: Stuart |
Museum number: 1848,1125.381 |
Producer name: BIOG18616 Print made by:James Basire I |
Production date: 1789

print

Museum number: 1849,0512.592 |
Producer name: Print made by:Frederick Christian LewisAfter:Giorgio Vasari |
Production date: 1831-1832

print

Museum number: 1848,1125.30 |
Producer name: BIOG29458 Print made by:Jean de Gourmont I |
Production date: 1520-1540

print

Title: Presbyterian Penance |
Museum number: 1849,0512.829 |
Producer name: Print made by:David AllanPublished by:Torre & Co |
Production date: 1786

print; book-illustration

Title: Shakespeare's Interview with Queen Elizabeth |
Museum number: 1849,0512.421 |
Producer name: After:Thomas StothardPrint made by:William Ensom |
Production date: 1828

print; book-illustration

Title: The Family of Sir Thomas More |
Museum number: 1848,1125.340 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas Anthony DeanAfter:Hans Holbein the Younger |
Production date: 1829

print

Museum number: 1848,1125.23 |
Producer name: BIOG36177 Print made by:Melchior Lorck |
Production date: 1557

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1849,0512.441-443 |
Producer name: BIOG47520 After:Thomas Stothard |
Production date: 1770-1834

print

Title: Stafford Gallery |
Museum number: 1848,1125.459 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles HeathAfter:Peter Paul Rubens |
Production date: 1815

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1849,0512.556 |
Producer name: Block cut by:Luke ClennellAfter:Thomas Stothard |
Production date: 1810-1812

print

Title: William Beckford Esquire twice Lord Mayor of London |
Museum number: G,11.153 |
Producer name: BIOG29846 Print made by:Charles Grignion the younger |
Production date: 1771

print; book-illustration

Title: Melancholy |
Museum number: 1849,0512.301 |
Producer name: Print made by:William SharpAfter:Henry Fuseli |
Production date: 1804

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1849,0512.913 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 18th century

print

Museum number: 1849,0512.451 |
Producer name: BIOG51663 Print made by:William Henry Worthington |
Production date: 1818

print; book-illustration

Title: William Beckford Esquire twice Lord Mayor of London |
Museum number: 1868,0822.5031 |
Producer name: BIOG237289 After:Joh Francis Moore |
Production date: late 18thC

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: The Vintage |
Museum number: 1849,0512.448 |
Producer name: After:Thomas StothardPrint made by:Joseph Goodyear |
Production date: 1834

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1849,0512.736 |
Producer name: After:Joseph Mallord William TurnerPrint made by:Edward Goodall |
Production date: 1839

print

Title: A Picturesque Tour of Italy |
Museum number: 1849,0512.756 |
Producer name: After:James HakewillPrint made by:Samuel Middiman |
Production date: 1817-1820

print

Title: Turner's Annual Tour, The Loire, 1833 |
Museum number: 1849,0512.710 |
Producer name: After:Joseph Mallord William TurnerPrint made by:Robert William Wallis |
Production date: 1833

print; book-illustration

Title: The Woman Taken in Adultery |
Museum number: 1848,1125.550 |
Producer name: Print made by:John BurnetAfter:Rembrandt |
Production date: 1823

print

Title: Holly Island, Northumberland Picturesque Views in England and Wales |
Museum number: 1849,0512.675 |
Producer name: After:Joseph Mallord William TurnerPrint made by:William Tombleson |
Production date: 1830

print

Title: A Picturesque Tour of Italy |
Museum number: 1849,0512.757 |
Producer name: After:James HakewillPrint made by:Samuel Middiman |
Production date: 1817-1820

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