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Sketch for the statue ordered to be erected to the memory of the late William Beckford Esqr. by the Court of Common Council

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Sketch for the statue ordered to be erected to the memory of the late William Beckford Esqr. by the Court of Common Council

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Print shows William Beckford stands full-length, with his back to a wall of windows, treading on the male figure of tyranny bound with chains at his feet, with his right hand on the shoulder of Britannia in a comforting gesture as she sits with her shield to his right, looking up at him; a crown rests on a shelf to the right rear and a sword leans against an alter with the hilt resting on the Magna Charta. This a design sketch for a memorial "to be erected to the memory of the late Wm. Beckford Esqr."

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1600 - 1700
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Library of Congress
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