| Description | Set of entries titled 'Jan[ua]ry 6th 1809'
Each entry records client making the payment and/or sitter name and amount paid. There are columns for money in pounds [l]; shillings [s] and pence [d]. The running total for money is given at the bottom of each page and carried over to the next. In some instances Beechey has indicated the size of portrait paid for, e.g. half length, 3 quarter length.
Payments recorded on p. 12v, 1809:
6 Jan
-Of Mr Hall as last half for Mrs Hall and himself;
-Of Mr Brown for a copy of Dr Paley;
20 Jan
-Of Lord Ormond in full for Lady Ormond, whole length;
Feb
-Of Mr Pearse for for altering 3 q[uarte]r portrait of himself;
Mar
-Of Mr Dyke for a 3 q[uarte]r with a hand;
18 [Mar]
-Mr North 3 q[uarte]r;
29 [Mar]
-Miss Mellon in full;
3 May
-Of Mr Bott in full for the portrait of his Majesty sent to the Duke of Kent in Gibraltar;
-Of Lord Cawdor for a portrait of Mr Greville painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds.
Payments recorded on p. 13, 1809:
15 May
-Of Admiral Markham;
18 [May]
-Of Mr Myers as half for a whole length, himself and two children;
Lady Dufferin as half;
24 [May]
-Lord Porchester Do [ditto];
31 [May]
-Mr Foster as half for Bishops half length of Lady Tarrant and Lady Dufferin;
-Mr Brown for 3 q[uarte]r of S[i]r R. Preston;
-Lady Dufferin last half for 3 q[uarte]r;
7 Jul
-Of Mr Eardley 3 q[uarte]r;
13 [Jul]
-Of Mr Baugh as last half for Mrs Haire's portrait;
-Of Mr Brown last half for Sir R. Preston.
Payments recorded on p. 13v, 1809:
-Mrs Cobourn last half;
2 Aug
-Of Lord Bulkeley last payment for half length and servant;
10 [Aug]
-Mr Pettit first half;
1 [ Sep]
-Of Admiral Markham as last half for a half length portrait;
3 [Sep]
-Of Mr Pettyt [Pettit] last half 3 q[uarte]r;
9 [Sep]
-Of Lord Porchester;
4 Oct
-Of Mr Myers as last payment himself and children;
11 [Oct]
-Of Gen[era]l? Erskine as half for Lady Louisa Erskine;
6 Nov
-Of Mr Leeds first half for Mr Leeds.
Payments recorded on p. 14, 1809:
24 Nov
-Of Sir H. Halford forts half for half length of himself;
29 [Nov]
-Of Mr Torin as half for whole length [of] himself;
29 Dec
-Of Mr Vincent for portrait of His Majesty
30 [Dec]
-Gen[eral] Erskine last price Lady Louisa [Erskine]
There follows the usual total of the year's earnings (£1524 and 10 shillings) which on this occasion is supplemented by two sub-totals for money 'received for frames etc' (£181, 17 shillings and 6 pence) and 'portrait of Mr Greville' (£52 and 10 shillings). The sum total is thereafter presented (£1758, 17 shillings and 6 pence). |