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Beckford and gradually reassembled through the efforts of the Bath Preservation Trust and others. There is also a great deal of information at
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By 1822 Beckford was short of funds and in debt. He put
Fonthill Abbey up for sale, for which 72,000 copies of Christie's illustrated catalogue were sold at a guinea apiece; the pre-sale view filled every farmhouse in the neighbourhood with visitors from London. Fonthill, with part of his collection,
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when he was dead. Some things I might have wished to possess – a good deal I would not have taken as a gift. The place was a miserable child's box — a species of gothic mousetrap – a reflection of
Walpole's littleness.... My having his playthings he could not tolerate, even in idea, so he bequeathed
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Beckford's fame, however, rests as much on his eccentricities as a builder and collector as on his literary efforts. In undertaking his buildings he managed to dissipate his fortune, which was estimated by his contemporaries to give him an income of £100,000 a year. The loss of one of his
Jamaican
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the art and furnishings in the "Fonthill sale" of 1823, at which
Beckford and his son-in-law, the Duke of Hamilton, bought much, often more cheaply than the first price Beckford had paid, as the market was somewhat depressed. What remained of the collection, as maintained and added to at Lansdown
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Fonthill Abbey collapsed under the weight of its poorly-built tower on the night of 21 December 1825. The wreckage was slowly removed, leaving only a fragment that survives as a private home. This is the first part, which included the shrine to St Anthony — Beckford's patron when he was
1102: – A Fragment". Byron describes a person of great wealth, "of Wit, in Genius, as in Wealth the first", who feels "Wrath's vial on thy lofty head burst" when he is "seduced to deeds accurst" and "smitten with th' unhallowed thirst of Crime unnamed". Byron also refers to him in
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in 1787. These are particularly interesting as they are the second surviving example of this
Portuguese song form. The edition is available in six volumes from The Beckford Edition. It can be consulted in the Bodleian, and elsewhere.
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Beckford's self-designed tomb, a massive sarcophagus of polished pink granite with bronze armorial plaques, now stands on a hillock in the cemetery surrounded by an oval ditch. On one side is a quotation from
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Lyncombe Vale on 11 May 1844 (accessible from Ralph Allen Drive). The Tower was sold to a local publican who turned it into a beer garden. Eventually it was bought back by Beckford's younger daughter,
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320:(1834), with brilliant descriptions of scenes and manners. In 1793 he visited Portugal, where he settled for a while, and conducted an affair with a young male musician called Gregorio Franchi.
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reported. "Ostrich feathers, which by their very waving we can trace back to
Piccadilly are seen nodding at a casement window over a dispopulated poultry yard". (quoted in Lewis Saul Benjamin,
1073:. The music manuscripts, which had lain among Beckford's effects at Hamilton Palace, were bought and presented to Basil Blackwell as a leaving present. He in turn bequeathed them to the
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that Beckford collaborate with him in advocating for the abolition of the death penalty for sodomy, Beckford may also have been the author, or one of the authors, of
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Dreams, Waking Thoughts and Incidents by William Beckford of Fonthill. Edited with an Introduction and Notes
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Life at Fonthill 1807-1822 with Interludes in Paris and London. From the Correspondence of William Beckford
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documented to reach Europe, in 1338. It was once in the possession of William Beckford. It is now in the
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them beyond my reach." (Benjamin 1910:299). The Strawberry Hill sale of 1842 gave him his opportunity.
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in 1790–1795 and 1806–1820. Beckford is best known for writing the 1786
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Recollections of an Excursion to the Monasteries of Alcobaca and Batalha
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The Consummate Collector: William Beckford's Letters to his Bookseller
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The Journal of William Beckford in Portugal and Spain 1787-1788
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The Arabian Nights in Historical Context: Between East and West
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Fonthill Abbey designed for William Beckford by the architect
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Sale, a very high price for a Spanish painting at the time.
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Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Hindon
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Norton, Rictor. "William Beckford: The Fool of Fonthill,"
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McConnell, Anita. "Beckford, William Thomas (1760–1844)".
1976:. Vol. 3 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
1233:"William Thomas Beckford - Profile & Legacies Summary"
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The National Inventory of Continental European Paintings
1348:"Catalogue of the papers of William Beckford, 1772–1857"
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The National Inventory of Continental European Paintings
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The House of Commons Constituencies Beginning With "W"
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Centre for the Study of the Legacies of British Slavery
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in which to house this and the owner's art collection.
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William Beckford 1760–1844: An Eye for the Magnificent
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William Beckford 1760–1844: An Eye for the Magnificent
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Letters from Italy with Sketches of Spain and Portugal
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Letters from Italy with Sketches of Spain and Portugal
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Norton, Rictor. "William Beckford's Gay Scrapbooks,"
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England's Wealthiest Son: A Study of William Beckford
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A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature
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table service for the Prince of Orange, ca 1770; the
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LGBT members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
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The life and letters of William Beckford of Fonthill
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The life and letters of William Beckford of Fonthill
1239:. University College, London - Department of History
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The opportunity to purchase the complete library of
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Beckford was born in the family's London home at 22
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Sketches of the Picture Galleries of England (1824)
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1786:Albert Ten Eyck Gardner, "Beckford's Gothic West"
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1622:Reitlinger, Vol. I, p. 85, and passim, Vols I–II.
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323:Following an appeal in 1817 by legal philosopher
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2121:Beckford's Fonthill: The Rise of a Romantic Icon
1761:Reitlinger, Vol. I, pp. 40 and 224, reported in
987:Modern Novel Writing, or, The Elegant Enthusiast
879:Beckford's tomb with the tower in the background
701:, attributed by Beckford to Cima da Conegliano;
2566:LGBT members of the Parliament of Great Britain
979:Italy: with some Sketches of Spain and Portugal
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2253:Transient Gleam: A Bouquet of Beckford's Poesy
1001:Biographical Memoirs of Extraordinary Painters
2296:, updated 16 Nov 1999, accessed 2 March 2013.
2287:, updated 16 Nov 1999, accessed 2 March 2013.
1997:. Vol. 4. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
1451:. Oxford University Press. pp. 177–179.
1026:Italy, with sketches of Spain and Portugal. 2
1015:Italy, with sketches of Spain and Portugal. 1
2008:(online ed.). Oxford University Press.
1953:, London: J. M. Dent & Sons – via
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1421:Encyclopedia of the Romantic Era, 1760-1850
1221:. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
1007:(1835), the memoir of a trip made in 1794.
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300:(1783). Soon came his best-known work, the
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1283:"Big Spenders: The Beckfords and Slavery"
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416:was sold before the sale for £330,000 to
258:from British society when his letters to
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157:and Maria Hamilton, daughter of the Hon.
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2095:. Fairleigh Dickinson University Press.
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1902:Catalogue of the Earlier Italian Schools
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1478:. Oxford University Press. p. xvi.
1350:. Bodleian Library, University of Oxford
1322:At Home: A Short History of Private Life
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2005:Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
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1900:"Davies": National Gallery Catalogues:
1803:Getty Provenance Index and Reitlinger,
1788:The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin
1597:"Beckfordiana: "Fonthill Abbey" (1824)"
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1984:"Beckford, William (1759–1844)"
298:Dreams, Waking Thoughts and Incidents
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1372:Who's Who in Lesbian and Gay Writing
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1921:databases (Public collections etc.)
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939:Susan Hamilton, Duchess of Hamilton
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2408:Works by or about William Beckford
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1369:Griffin, Gabriele (16 June 2004).
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768:Huntington Library and Art Gallery
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2029:Ostergard, Derek E., ed. (2001).
1418:Murray, Christopher John (2013).
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691:Madonna and Child with Six Saints
498:Portrait of Doge Leonardo Loredan
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314:Memoirs of Extraordinary Painters
131:Memoirs of Extraordinary Painters
114:Writer, art collector, politician
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2481:18th-century English LGBT people
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2190:William Beckford. A Bibliography
2181:Beckford's Tower, Lansdown, Bath
2110:Gemmett, Robert J., ed. (1971).
2091:Gemmett, Robert J., ed. (1972).
1994:Dictionary of National Biography
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1218:Dictionary of National Biography
919:William Beckford on his Deathbed
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316:(1780), a satirical work, and
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2064:Alexander, Boyd, ed. (1954).
2055:Alexander, Boyd, ed. (1957).
1521:Peter Parker (24 June 1998).
1262:. National Trust for Scotland
1213:Beckford, William (1759-1844)
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584:Virgin and Child with St John
518:Philip IV in Brown and Silver
478:Saint Catherine of Alexandria
312:His other main writings were
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2022:UK public library membership
1523:"A life as a Gothic fantasy"
1304:Beckford and the Slave Trade
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277:through Europe, shown in red
230:sugar plantations in Jamaica
218:in Wiltshire (including the
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2377:William Beckford Collection
2313:Bath and Cheltenham Gazette
2138:Gemmett, Robert J. (2000).
2119:Gemmett, Robert J. (2003).
2082:Brockman, H. A. N. (1956).
1309:Retrieved 18 December 2020.
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2302:Gay History and Literature
2293:Gay History and Literature
2284:Gay History and Literature
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1385:– via google.com.au.
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1012:Beckford, William (1834).
684:Metropolitan Museum of Art
675:National Museum of Ireland
508:Exhumation of Saint Hubert
459:toyshop at Strawberry Hill
367:National Museum of Ireland
239:, but his drawing master,
2646:Writers of Gothic fiction
2581:English LGBTQ politicians
2521:British writers in French
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2417:Works by William Beckford
2399:Works by William Beckford
2233:. Yale University Press.
2033:. Yale University Press.
1981:Garnett, Richard (1885).
1967:"Beckford, William"
1919:Getty Provenance Research
1827:Ostergard (2001), p. 275.
1397:"William Thomas Beckford"
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2192:. The Beckford Society.
2188:Millington, Jon (2008).
2179:Millington, Jon (1973).
2073:Alexander, Boyd (1962).
1375:. Taylor & Francis.
1134:
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575:St Jerome in a Landscape
471:National Gallery, London
410:Richard Parkes Bonington
2536:English fantasy writers
2357:Bath Preservation Trust
1973:Encyclopædia Britannica
1865:, 1822: Sept. pp. 202;
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1445:Makdisi, Saree (2008).
897:Bath Preservation Trust
730:National Gallery of Art
716:and secretaire made by
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624:The Sermon on the Mount
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237:Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
210:, who had been twice a
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2576:English LGBT novelists
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2541:English horror writers
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1752:Getty Provenance Index
1736:"The Frick Collection"
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1863:Gentleman's Magazine
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1869:, 1900:June p. 182.
1770:7 July 2011 at the
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646:Other collections:
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1644:Reitlinger, Vol. I
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