Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Beckford, William, 1760-1844
Title:
Biographical memoirs of extraordinary painters.
Published / Created:
London : Printed for J. Robson ..., 1780.
Physical Description:
[4], 158, [2] ; 19 cm.(8vo)
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
N7470 B4

Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
BEIN Beckford 1 copy 1: Presentation inscription from Benjamin West to Thomas Phillips, with Phillips' autograph.

BEIN Beckford 1 copy 2: Bookplate and Autograph of Henry William Vincent. Presentation copy to Henry William Vincent from Elizabeth Hervey, William Beckford's half-sister.

BEIN Beckford 1 copy 3: Ms. list of attempted identification of the painters, tipped in at front. Bookplate of Arthur Atherley.

BEIN Im B388 780B copy 1: Front edges uncut.

BEIN Im B388 780B copy 2: Uncut, in original marbled wrappers. In ms. on t.-p.: "Given me by the author Wm: Beckford Esqre. not twenty year's old. Strafford".

BEIN 1997 1156: Bookplates: Rowland Burdon Muller; William Dickinson Esq. Ms. notes. Stubs visible preceding sig. X.

"A mystification composed ... in ridicule of the biographies in the 'Vies des peintres flamands'".--Dict. Nat. Biog.

Signatures: pi² B-X⁴.

English short title catalogue, T62056

Errata: p. [160].
Subject Terms:
Art -- Anecdotes. | Beckford, William, 1760–1844 -- Provenance. (BAC) | Clements, Henry J. B. (Henry John Beresford), 1869–1940 -- Bookplate. | Robson, J. -- Publisher. (BAC) | Phillips, Thomas, 1770–1845 -- Autograph. | West, Benjamin, 1738–1820 -- Presentation copy to T. Phillips. | Vincent, Henry William -- Autograph. | Hervey, Elizabeth -- Presentation copy to H.W. Vincent. | Atherley, Arthur Harry Howard -- Bookplate. | Phillips, Thomas, 1770–1845 -- Presentation copy from B. West. | Vincent, Henry William -- Bookplate. | Vincent, Henry William -- Presentation copy from E. Hervey. | Dickinson, William, Esq. -- Bookplate. | Muller, Rowland Burdon -- Bookplate. | Strafford -- Ms. notes.