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William Beechey

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Oil portrait of a man with pale hair in a dark coat, white cravat and red ribbon medal against a dark background.

Sir Peter Francis Bourgeois

1839

Oil portrait of a balding man in a dark military uniform with gold embroidery, red sash and star medals.

Portrait of William Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford (1768-1856)

1814

Full-length portrait of a naval officer in gold-braided dress uniform with orange sash, beside a chart and red drapery.

Vice-Admiral Sir George Cockburn, 1772-1853

1820

Oil portrait of a man with powdered hair and a dark high-collared coat, turned slightly to the right against a dark backgroun

Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson, 1758-1805, Viscount Nelson

1801

Full-length portrait of a woman in a white gown and lace veil standing before a dusky landscape with trees.

Harriot Beauclerk, née Mellon, Duchess of St Albans

1817

Oil portrait of a bald man in a red military uniform with gold embroidery, blue sash and star insignia, dark background.

Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn

1818

Portrait of a woman in a dark velvet gown and lace sleeves holding roses, against a red drapery backdrop.

Queen Adelaide (Princess Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen)

1831

Oil portrait of a young man with powdered hair, wearing a green coat and frilled white cravat against a dark background.

Portrait of John Greenwood [junior]

1795

Engraved portrait of King George III in military uniform with a horse and urn in the background under a cloudy sky.

King George III standing, in military uniform; horse in the background. Etching and stipple by B. Smith after W. Beec…

Stipple engraving portrait of Matthew Boulton, an older man with curled powdered hair in a frock coat and cravat.

Matthew Boulton. Stipple engraving by A. Cardon, 1812, after W. Evans after Sir W. Beechey, 1799

Stipple engraving portrait of John Heaviside, a man in a dark coat and white cravat, with printed name and signature below.

John Heaviside. Stipple engraving by J. Cochran, 1847, after Sir W. Beechey

Monochrome portrait of a man in an ornate braided military uniform holding a tasselled sword against a dark background.

King George IV when Prince of Wales as Colonel of the tenth Light Dragoons. Photogravure, 1905, after W. Beechey

Etched bust portrait of a man with curly hair and a white cravat, inscribed Thomas Coutts Esqre below.

Thomas Coutts. Etching after W. Beechey

Mezzotint portrait of an elderly man in a powdered wig and dark coat beside books, titled William Heberden, M.D.

William Heberden. Mezzotint by J. Ward after Sir W. Beechey

Line engraving portrait of seated Matthew Boulton in a dark coat, with a glass dome mechanism on a ledge behind him.

Matthew Boulton. Line engraving by W. Sharp, 1801, after Sir W. Beechey, 1799

Line engraving of a seated man in a dark coat beside a writing desk with an inkwell, quill and papers.

Sir Everard Home. Line engraving by W. Sharp after Sir W. Beechey

Line engraving of a seated man in dark coat at a desk with quill pen, inkwells and papers, after a painting by Beechey.

Sir Everard Home. Line engraving, 1810, after Sir W. Beechey