The life and letters of William Beckford, of Fonthill (1910)
Benjamin, Lewis Saul, 1874-1932, Storer, James Sargant, 1771-1853 · London : W. Heinemann · leaf 246
ze with the candelabra ofwood—provided you will settle the proportion and design.As I have some beautiful straw-coloured silk ready,I have thought of hanging round the whole room withcurtains of these materials. The recess, I rather think,should be of another colour, perhaps Hlac ; but upon… … FONTHILL ABBEY 215 stretch an inch—Mr. Wildman having inspired me withsuch a terror of laying out money and such an apprehen-sion of ruin, that 1 have constantly the fear of 600,000emancipated, black, yellow, and mezzotint French slavesbefore my eyes. With so hopeless an alarm I cannotventure to…
Beckford, William, 1760-1844 · Fonthill Abbey · Art -- Collectors and collecting England Biography
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