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William Beckford Esqr. of Fonthill / J. Singleton sculp.

BIB_ID
459744
Accession number
MA 176 E41
Creator
Singleton, Joseph, active 1788-1797, engraver.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1890. NNPM
Description
1 print : stipple engraving with etching ; mage: 80 mm (circular); sheet: 135 x 101 mm
Notes
Title etched below image.
Artist identified as P. Sauvage in the Catalogue of engraved British portraits.
Plate from: The European magazine, v. 32 (October 1797), page 147.
"European magazine."--Above image.
Library's copy trimmed within plate mark with loss of text at head of image; inlaid in sheet 269 x 206 mm. NNPM
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from Pearson in 1890. NNPM
Summary
Portrait of William Thomas Beckford, head, in profile to right; within a roundel.