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[Johann Christian Bach] [Ionnes Christianus Bach, Saxoniae Natus, Insugnis Musicae Magistser XLVo.
[Johann Christian Bach] [Ionnes Christianus Bach, Saxoniae Natus, Insugnis Musicae Magistser XLVo. Aetatis Anno Obit Londini. Kal Ianuarii A.D. MDCCLXXXII.]
Aug. Carlini inv. et delin.t. etched by F. Bartolozzi.
London Pub.d 10th March 1782 by Augustin Carlini Soho Square.
Scarce & fine etching, proof before title. 225 x 345mm (9 x 13½"). Trimmed to the plate
A medallion portrait of Johann Christian Bach (1735-82, son of Johann Sebastian) within an architectural caprice with a pipe organ decorated with the head of Apollo, with a female figure of Fame and a cherub playing a lyre.
De Vesme 754. iii.
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William Beckford Esqr.
William Beckford Esqr.
J. Chapman sculp.
London published as the Act directs April 19, 1798 by J. Wilkes.
Coloured stipple. Plate 160 x 110mm. 6¼ x 4¼".
William Beckford, Lord Mayor of London (1709-1770). He began his life in the West Indies before being sent to England to be educated from 1723. Following the death of his father in 1735 he returned home to managed the family estates, but in 1747 he returned to England and entered parliament as an MP. He became an alderman in 1752 and held the office of Lord Mayor of the City of London twice in 1762 and 1769. His son was William Thomas Beckford (1760-1844) was was the eccentri English novelist and politician. He was known for building Fonthill Abbey and Lansdown Tower.
See NPG: D14113.
[Ref: 17579]   £85.00   (£102.00 incl.VAT)
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