The Right Hon.ble Will.m Beckford Esq.r Lord Mayor, and Member of Parliament for the City of London. This being the second Time of this Mayoralty, and the third Time of his Representing that City in Parliament.
J. Dixon del.t et fecit.
London: Published as the Act directs, A.D. 1770. Printed for Carington Bowles, No 69 in St Pauls Church Yard.
Mezzotint with small margins. 355 x 255mm (14 x 9¾").
A portrait of William Beckford MP (1709-70), Mayor of London and sugar merchant in Jamaica. Full length portrait, wearing robes and chain and standing next to the Lord Mayor's sword and mace, the Bill of Rights in his left hand and his right hand resting on the Magna Charta.
CS:5. Ex: Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 32331] £260.00
London: Published as the Act directs, A.D. 1770. Printed for Carington Bowles, No 69 in St Pauls Church Yard.
Mezzotint with small margins. 355 x 255mm (14 x 9¾").
A portrait of William Beckford MP (1709-70), Mayor of London and sugar merchant in Jamaica. Full length portrait, wearing robes and chain and standing next to the Lord Mayor's sword and mace, the Bill of Rights in his left hand and his right hand resting on the Magna Charta.
CS:5. Ex: Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 32331] £260.00