<oai_dc:dc xmlns:oai_dc="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/ http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc.xsd"><dc:title>William Beckford Esqre. of Fonthill [graphic]</dc:title><dc:creator>Bromley, Frederick, active 1832-1870, printmaker</dc:creator><dc:date>[not before 1862]</dc:date><dc:language>eng</dc:language><dc:description>"Portrait after Reynolds (Mannings 149), nearly half-length, standing to front, with head turned to look to left; his left arm held slightly apart from his body; wearing a buttoned coat, neckerchief tied in a bow, and frill."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a proof state of similar composition</dc:description><dc:description>Title etched below image.</dc:description><dc:description>Probably a later state; the plate is scratched around the title and all publication information has been removed. For a proof state with the title in open lettering and a lightly etched publication line, see Lewis Walpole Library call no.: Babb-Beckford no. 24+.</dc:description><dc:description>Date of publication based on that of a probable earlier state in the Catalogue of engraved British portraits.</dc:description></oai_dc:dc>