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William Beckford

English slaver, art collector, and novelist (1760–1844)

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Images by William Beckford

4 images from works
  • A marble vase. Etching by G.B. Piranesi, ca. 1770.
  • A marble vase. Etching by G.B. Piranesi, ca. 1770.
  • A marble vase. Etching by G.B. Piranesi, ca. 1770.
  • A marble vase. Etching by G.B. Piranesi, ca. 1770.

Images featuring William Beckford

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  • Elizabeth Sawyer, of Edmonton, Middlesex, who was executed for witchcraft in 1621. Etching, 1794.

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3 works

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    The school for good living; or, a literary and historical essay on the European kitchen: beginning with Cadmus the cook and king, and concluding with the union of cookery and chymistry.

    | Date: 1814
    • Pictures

    A marble vase. Etching by G.B. Piranesi, ca. 1770.

    Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778. | Date: [between 1768 and 1778] | Reference: 756988i
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    A marble vase. Etching by G.B. Piranesi, ca. 1770.

    Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778. | Date: [between 1768 and 1778] | Reference: 756990i

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