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William Beckford in un disegno di sir Joshua Reynolds. William Thomas Beckford (Fonthill, 1º ottobre 1760 – Bath, 2 maggio 1844) è stato uno scrittore, critico d'arte, politico e viaggiatore britannico.
A team of archaeologists have uncovered the original steps and retaining walls of William Beckford's hidden grotto tunnel, with the extent of the interior previously a mystery.
29 giu 2024 · Beckford’s Tower NOW OPEN following £3.9million refurbishment. Visitors can step inside the 19th century grotto – hidden underground for over a hundred years. New museum spaces tell the complex and controversial story of William Beckford’s life and legacy.
William Beckford (baptized December 19, 1709, Jamaica, British West Indies—died June 21, 1770, London, England) was a gentleman merchant, member of Parliament, and lord mayor of London (1762–63, 1769–70) who was particularly noted as a pioneer of the radical movement.
6 mar 2007 · When William Beckford (1760-1844), the famous writer, collector and recluse, was just 10 years old he inherited one of the greatest individual fortunes in England to become, as Byron titled...
Sir William Beckford (December 1709 – 21 June 1770) was a Jamaican-born planter and Whig politician who twice served as Lord Mayor of London in 1762 and 1769. One of the best known political figures in Georgian era London, his vast wealth derived from the sugar plantations and hundreds of slaves he owned in the British colony of ...
29 giu 2024 · Visitors can step inside the 19th century grotto – hidden underground for over a hundred years. New museum spaces tell the complex and controversial story of William Beckford’s life and legacy.
