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Sir William Beechey

1753–1839

Portrait of Sir Francis Ford’s Children Giving a Coin to a Beggar Boy exhibited 1793
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Historic and Modern British Art

Biography

Sir William Beechey (12 December 1753 – 28 January 1839) was a British portraitist during the golden age of British painting.

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Artworks

  • Joseph Nollekens

    Sir William Beechey
    exhibited 1812
  • James P. Johnstone

    Sir William Beechey
    date not known
  • Alexander P. Johnstone

    Sir William Beechey
    c.1790–5
  • Thomas Law Hodges

    Sir William Beechey
    ?exhibited 1795
  • Portrait of Sir Francis Ford’s Children Giving a Coin to a Beggar Boy

    Sir William Beechey
    exhibited 1793
    On display at Tate Britain part of Historic and Modern British Art

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  • A Bench of Artists

    Thomas Rowlandson
    1776
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