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The courtiers assembled, on hearing the news of the death of the Rt. Honble. William Beckford, British Cartoon Print

The courtiers assembled, on hearing the news of the death of the Rt. Honble. William Beckford, British Cartoon Print

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Print shows a group of ministers seated around a table commenting on the news of William Beckford's death. Depicted are Jeremiah Dyson, John Montagu Sandwich, William Murray Mansfield, Sir Fletcher Norton, Augustus Henry Grafton, John Russell Bedford, Henry Fox Holland, Lord Hillsborough (Wills Hill, Marquis of Downshire), John Stuart Bute, and possibly Thomas Thynne Bath (Viscount Weymouth).

Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4, no. 4393
Forms part of: British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress).
Published in: The American Revolution in drawings and prints; a checklist of 1765-1790 graphics in the Library of Congress / Compiled by Donald H. Cresswell, with a foreword by Sinclair H. Hitchings. Washington : [For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off.], 1975, no. 655.

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01/01/1770
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